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High Wind Watch 13, NWS Fairbanks, AK

December 6, 2024Denali Borough, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this high wind watch at Dec 6, 2024, 3:57 AM AKST for Denali Borough, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska. It took effect at Dec 8, 2024, 9:00 AM AKST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 6, 2024, 3:57 AM AKST (12:57 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 8, 2024, 9:00 AM AKST
Expired: Dec 7, 2024, 3:09 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 13:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 5, 3:24 PM AKST, 12 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 5, 3:24 PM AKST, 12 hours 33 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
Dec 5, 10:49 PM AKST	Dense Fog Advisory	AFG	Fairbanks North Star	13 hr
Dec 6, 2:20 PM AKST	Winter Storm Watch	AFG	Northwest Arctic	21 hr
Dec 6, 2:20 PM AKST	Winter Storm Warning	AFG	Nome Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	4 days
Dec 6, 2:20 PM AKST	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	Kusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area, Northwest Arctic, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	4 days
Dec 6, 2:25 PM AKST	Dense Fog Advisory	AFG	Fairbanks North Star	13 hr
Dec 6, 2:54 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG		72 hr
Dec 6, 2:57 PM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG		23 hr
Dec 6, 2:57 PM AKST	Small Craft Advisory	AFG		36 hr
Dec 6, 2:57 PM AKST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFG		23 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.