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Severe Thunderstorms in the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys; Flash Flooding Possible in the Southwest

Scattered damaging winds, isolated severe hail, and a brief tornado or two are possible from the Upper Ohio to Tennessee Valleys during the late afternoon and evening. Across the Southwest, monsoonal moisture will continue to bring heavy rain and a threat for isolated to scattered flash flooding through Saturday. 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.