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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Fairbanks, AK

June 5, 2012

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Jun 5, 2012, 4:07 PM AKDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 5, 2012, 4:07 PM AKDT (00:07 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2012, 10:00 PM AKDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

093 
WWAK72 PAFG 060007
NPWWCZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
407 PM AKDT TUE JUN 5 2012

AKZ216-060600-
/X.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0009.120606T0007Z-120606T0600Z/
LOWER KOYUKUK AND MIDDLE YUKON VALLEYS-
INCLUDING...GALENA...NULATO...HUSLIA...KALTAG...RUBY...KOYUKUK
407 PM AKDT TUE JUN 5 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS...LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE OCCURRING WITH THUNDERSTORMS.

* HAIL...UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER WITH THUNDERSTORMS. 

* HEAVY RAIN...WILL BE BRIEF BUT UP TO ONE HALF INCH IS POSSIBLE
  WITH THUNDERSTORMS. 

* TIMING...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOW OCCURRING ACROSS
  THE AREA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THIS
  EVENING AND START TO WEAKEN BY 10PM. INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS
  WILL LAST FOR LESS THAN ONE HALF HOUR AT ANY ONE LOCATION. 


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR
EXPECTED. TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS WHICH MAY
BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. THIS TYPE OF GUSTY WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN
TREES.

&&

$$

1 follow-up statement

231 
WWAK72 PAFG 060544
NPWWCZ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
944 PM AKDT TUE JUN 5 2012

AKZ216-060645-
/X.EXP.PAFG.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120606T0600Z/
LOWER KOYUKUK AND MIDDLE YUKON VALLEYS-
INCLUDING...GALENA...NULATO...HUSLIA...KALTAG...RUBY...KOYUKUK
944 PM AKDT TUE JUN 5 2012

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM AKDT THIS EVENING...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOW STARTING TO WEAKEN AND GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL
ASSOCIATED WITH THEM ARE NOW DECREASING. 


$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 5, 4:02 PM AKDT	Wind Advisory	AFG	6 hr
Jun 6, 3:10 AM AKDT	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	24 hr
Jun 6, 2:28 PM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFG	61 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.