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High Wind Watch 8, NWS Fairbanks, AK

September 7, 2026North Slope Borough, Alaska

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this high wind watch at Sep 7, 2026, 11:58 AM AKDT for North Slope Borough, Alaska. It took effect at Sep 10, 2026, 4:00 AM AKDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 7, 2026, 11:58 AM AKDT (19:58 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 10, 2026, 4:00 AM AKDT
Expired: Sep 8, 2026, 11:22 AM AKDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

County North Slope Borough, 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 Sep 7, 5:47 AM AKDT, 6 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 7, 5:47 AM AKDT, 6 hours 11 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
Sep 6, 11:19 PM AKDT	Coastal Flood Watch	AFG	Nome Census Area	14 hr
Sep 7, 11:56 AM AKDT	High Wind Watch	AFG	Nome Census Area	26 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.