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Wind Advisory 28, NWS Fairbanks, AK

August 26, 2026Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this wind advisory at Aug 26, 2026, 12:06 PM AKDT for Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska. It took effect at Aug 28, 2026, 1:00 AM AKDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 26, 2026, 12:06 PM AKDT (20:06 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 28, 2026, 1:00 AM AKDT
Expired: Aug 27, 2026, 10:46 AM AKDT
In force
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 20:06 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 26, 5:34 AM AKDT, 6 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 5:34 AM AKDT, 6 hours 32 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 26, 6:47 AM AKDT, 5 hours 19 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
Aug 26, 3:49 PM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFG		48 hr
Aug 26, 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.