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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Fairbanks, AK

August 8, 2014

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Aug 8, 2014, 1:32 PM AKDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 8, 2014, 1:32 PM AKDT (21:32 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2014, 9:49 PM AKDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Fairbanks, AK

The text

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

955 
WWAK73 PAFG 082132
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
132 PM AKDT FRI AUG 8 2014

AKZ226-090800-
/O.NEW.PAFG.WI.Y.0021.140808T2132Z-140809T0800Z/
EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...
TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE
132 PM AKDT FRI AUG 8 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT. 

* LOCATION...IN PASSES WEST OF THE TOK CUTOFF.

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS LOCALLY GUSTING TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO DECREASE
AFTER MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT.

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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
904 
WWAK73 PAFG 090549
NPWAFG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
949 PM AKDT FRI AUG 8 2014

AKZ226-090700-
/O.CAN.PAFG.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-140809T0800Z/
EASTERN ALASKA RANGE-
INCLUDING...MENTASTA LAKE...BLACK RAPIDS...DONNELLY DOME...
TRIMS CAMP...EAGLE TRAIL...MINERAL LAKE
949 PM AKDT FRI AUG 8 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

WINDS GUSTS HAVE NOW DECREASED TO 40 MPH AND WILL DECREASE
TO 30 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 2:57 PM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFG4 days
Aug 8, 2:59 PM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFG23 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.