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High Wind Watch 9, NWS Fairbanks, AK

October 5, 20254 counties in Alaska

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this high wind watch at Oct 5, 2025, 9:37 PM AKDT for 4 counties in Alaska. It took effect at Oct 7, 2025, 4:00 AM AKDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 5, 2025, 9:37 PM AKDT (05:37 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 7, 2025, 4:00 AM AKDT
Expired: Oct 6, 2025, 12:47 PM AKDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

Counties Denali Borough, AK, Kusilvak Census Area, AK, Nome Census Area, AK, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, 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 Oct 5, 3:32 PM AKDT, 6 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 5, 3:32 PM AKDT, 6 hours 5 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
Oct 5, 4:00 PM AKDT	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFG		12 hr
Oct 6, 3:45 AM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFG		12 hr
Oct 6, 3:46 AM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFG		24 hr
Oct 6, 10:08 AM AKDT	Coastal Flood Warning	AFG	Kusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area, North Slope, Northwest Arctic	3 days
Oct 6, 10:08 AM AKDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	AFG	Nome Census Area	3 days
Oct 6, 12:47 PM AKDT	High Wind Warning	AFG	Denali, Kusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	56 hr
Oct 6, 12:47 PM AKDT	Wind Advisory	AFG	Fairbanks North Star, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	69 hr
Oct 6, 12:56 PM AKDT	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	North Slope, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	4 days
Oct 6, 3:48 PM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFG		12 hr
Oct 6, 3:49 PM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFG		60 hr
Oct 6, 3:49 PM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFG		12 hr
Oct 6, 3:49 PM AKDT	Storm Warning	AFG		24 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.