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High Wind Watch 4, NWS Fairbanks, AK

November 27, 2023Denali Borough, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this high wind watch at Nov 27, 2023, 2:02 AM AKST for Denali Borough, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska. It took effect at Nov 28, 2023, 11:00 AM AKST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 27, 2023, 2:02 AM AKST (11:02 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 28, 2023, 11:00 AM AKST
Expired: Nov 28, 2023, 5:25 AM AKST
In force
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

Counties Denali Borough, AK, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AK

The radar

The Fairbanks Faa radar (PAPD), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 Nov 26, 2:17 PM AKST, 11 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 26, 2:17 PM AKST, 11 hours 45 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 27, 1:57 AM AKST	High Wind Watch	AFG	Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	28 hr
Nov 27, 2:55 AM AKST	Winter Storm Watch	AFG	Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	27 hr
Nov 27, 3:01 AM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFG		25 hr
Nov 27, 3:07 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG		27 hr
Nov 27, 3:07 AM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFG		27 hr
Nov 27, 2:41 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG		16 hr
Nov 27, 2:43 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFG		16 hr

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.