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High Wind Watch 9, NWS Fairbanks, AK

August 16, 2024Denali Borough, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this high wind watch at Aug 16, 2024, 1:41 PM AKDT for Denali Borough, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska. It took effect at Aug 18, 2024, 4:00 AM AKDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 16, 2024, 1:41 PM AKDT (21:41 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 18, 2024, 4:00 AM AKDT
Expired: Aug 17, 2024, 11:47 AM AKDT
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 21:41 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 Aug 16, 2:42 AM AKDT, 10 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 2:42 AM AKDT, 10 hours 59 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 16, 9:14 AM AKDT, 4 hours 27 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
Aug 16, 4:06 AM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFG	24 hr
Aug 16, 4:09 AM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFG	9 hr
Aug 16, 4:09 AM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFG	72 hr
Aug 16, 1:20 PM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFG	63 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.