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Wind Advisory 20, NWS Fairbanks, AK

April 28, 2025Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Apr 28, 2025, 3:43 AM AKDT for Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska. It took effect at Apr 29, 2025, 1:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 28, 2025, 3:43 AM AKDT (11:43 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 29, 2025, 1:00 PM AKDT
Expired: Apr 30, 2025, 10:00 AM AKDT
In force: 21 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

County Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AK

The radar

The Fairbanks Faa radar (PAPD), 249 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:48 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 wind advisory 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 wind advisory went out at Apr 27, 3:33 PM AKDT, 12 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 3:33 PM AKDT, 12 hours 10 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
Apr 27, 4:28 PM AKDT	Winter Weather Advisory	AFG	North Slope	29 hr
Apr 28, 3:46 AM AKDT	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG		48 hr
Apr 28, 3:46 AM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFG		24 hr
Apr 28, 3:46 AM AKDT	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFG		24 hr
Apr 28, 3:48 PM AKDT	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG		3 days
Apr 28, 3:49 PM AKDT	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG		12 hr
Apr 28, 3:49 PM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFG		5 days
Apr 28, 3:49 PM AKDT	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AFG		9 days

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.