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High Wind Watch 8, NWS Fairbanks, AK

December 20, 2020

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this high wind watch at Dec 20, 2020, 5:43 AM AKST. It took effect at Dec 21, 2020, 6:00 PM AKST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 20, 2020, 5:43 AM AKST (14:43 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 21, 2020, 6:00 PM AKST
Expired: Dec 20, 2020, 11:15 AM AKST
In force
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Fairbanks, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind watch went out at Dec 19, 1:00 PM AKST, 16 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 19, 1:00 PM AKST, 16 hours 43 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Dec 20, 6:01 AM AKST	Wind Chill Advisory	AFG	39 hr
Dec 20, 6:01 AM AKST	Winter Storm Watch	AFG	7 hr
Dec 20, 6:13 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG	8 hr
Dec 20, 6:15 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	8 hr
Dec 20, 6:15 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFG	8 hr
Dec 20, 6:15 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFG	48 hr
Dec 20, 9:40 AM AKST	Wind Chill Advisory	AFG	51 hr
Dec 20, 11:06 AM AKST	High Wind Warning	AFG	65 hr
Dec 20, 11:15 AM AKST	High Wind Warning	AFG	65 hr
Dec 20, 11:15 AM AKST	Wind Advisory	AFG	67 hr
Dec 20, 1:12 PM AKST	Blizzard Warning	AFG	63 hr
Dec 20, 1:12 PM AKST	Winter Storm Watch	AFG	26 hr
Dec 20, 1:12 PM AKST	Winter Storm Warning	AFG	63 hr
Dec 20, 1:12 PM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	56 hr
Dec 20, 2:21 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	16 hr
Dec 20, 2:21 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG	16 hr
Dec 20, 2:21 PM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG	40 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.