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Severe Thunderstorms Tonight in the Mid-Atlantic; Tropical Storm Bertha in the Gulf

Scattered thunderstorms with severe gusts, hail and a tornado risk are possible near a cold front from the Ohio Valley to the Mid-Atlantic tonight. Tropical Storm Bertha is expected to bring tropical storm conditions to portions of the Gulf Coast from the panhandle of Florida into Louisiana through Wednesday. Read More >

Telephone Line Maintenance Impacting Some NWS Fairbanks Services Oct 13-15th

 

Telephone line maintenance in Fairbanks will impact some services provide by the NWS Fairbanks forecast office. The maintenance is expected Tuesday through Thursday Oct 13 to 15th.

The first outage will be Tuesday night/Wednesday morning from 11pm-7am. Services that may be impacted include:

  • NWS NOAA Weather Radio WXJ81 in Fairbanks
  • NWS NOAA Weather Radio WXJ62 in Nome
  • NEXRAD Weather Radar in Fairbanks (Pedro Dome) and Nome.
  • Telephone lines to the NWS Fairbanks forecast office.

The 2nd outage will be Wednesday night/Thursday morning from 11pm-8am. This may impact:

  • NWS NOAA Weather Radio WXJ62 in Nome
  • NEXRAD Weather Radar in Fairbanks (Pedro Dome) and Nome.
  • Telephone lines at the following Weather Service Offices: Barrow (Utqiagvik), Kotzebue, McGrath, Nome

Thank you for your patience during this maintenance.