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Wind Advisory 31, NWS Fairbanks, AK

August 28, 2025Fairbanks North Star Borough, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Aug 28, 2025, 9:36 PM AKDT for Fairbanks North Star Borough, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska. It took effect at Aug 29, 2025, 12:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 28, 2025, 9:36 PM AKDT (05:36 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 29, 2025, 12:00 PM AKDT
Expired
Aug 29, 2025, 5:49 PM AKDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Fairbanks, AK

Counties Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

The radar

The Fairbanks Faa radar (PAPD), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:37 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 Aug 28, 3:31 PM AKDT, 6 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 28, 3:31 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 29, 3:46 AM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFG4 days
Aug 29, 4:05 AM AKDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAFGDenali30 hr
Aug 29, 9:03 AM AKDTAreal Flood WarningAFGYukon-Koyukuk Census Area4 days
Aug 29, 3:48 PM AKDTGale WarningAFG24 hr
Aug 29, 3:49 PM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFG6 days

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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.