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Wind Advisory 36, NWS Fairbanks, AK

October 6, 2025Fairbanks North Star Borough, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Oct 6, 2025, 12:47 PM AKDT for Fairbanks North Star Borough, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska. It took effect at Oct 7, 2025, 10:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for 35 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 6, 2025, 12:47 PM AKDT (20:47 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 7, 2025, 10:00 PM AKDT
Expired
Oct 9, 2025, 9:27 AM AKDT
In force
35 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 20:48 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 Oct 6, 5:19 AM AKDT, 7 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 6, 5:19 AM AKDT, 7 hours 28 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 5, 4:00 PM AKDTHeavy Freezing Spray WarningAFG12 hr
Oct 5, 9:37 PM AKDTHigh Wind WatchAFGDenali, Kusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area15 hr
Oct 6, 3:45 AM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFG12 hr
Oct 6, 3:46 AM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFG24 hr
Oct 6, 10:08 AM AKDTCoastal Flood WarningAFGKusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area, North Slope, Northwest Arctic3 days
Oct 6, 10:08 AM AKDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryAFGNome Census Area3 days
Oct 6, 12:47 PM AKDTHigh Wind WarningAFGDenali, Kusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area56 hr
Oct 6, 12:56 PM AKDTWinter Weather AdvisoryAFGNorth Slope, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area4 days
Oct 6, 3:48 PM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFG12 hr
Oct 6, 3:49 PM AKDTGale WarningAFG60 hr
Oct 6, 3:49 PM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFG12 hr
Oct 6, 3:49 PM AKDTStorm WarningAFG24 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.