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High Wind Watch 7, NWS Fairbanks, AK
NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this high wind watch at Sep 7, 2026, 11:56 AM AKDT for Nome Census Area, Alaska. It took effect at Sep 9, 2026, 10:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 7, 2026, 11:56 AM AKDT (19:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 9, 2026, 10:00 PM AKDT
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2026, 1:42 PM AKDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Fairbanks, AK
County Nome Census Area, AK
The radar
The Nome radar (PAEC), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 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 Sep 7, 5:47 AM AKDT, 6 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 7, 5:47 AM AKDT, 6 hours 9 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 11:19 PM AKDT | Coastal Flood Watch | AFG | Nome Census Area | 14 hr |
| Sep 7, 11:58 AM AKDT | High Wind Watch | AFG | North Slope | 23 hr |
| Sep 7, 12:11 PM AKDT | Wind Advisory | AFG | Denali, Fairbanks North Star, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 58 hr |
| Sep 7, 1:07 PM AKDT | High Surf Advisory | AFG | Kusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area, North Slope, Northwest Arctic | 5 days |
| Sep 7, 3:49 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFG | 5 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.