StormReady: Fairbanks North Star Borough

Risks of Severe Thunderstorms and Excessive Rainfall in the Central U.S.; Fire Weather Concerns in Alaska and Southwest

An expansive storm system will bring widespread storms with a threat for flash flooding and severe weather to much of the central to eastern U.S. into early this week. Critical fire weather conditions are expected across interior Alaska this weekend. Elevated fire conditions also expected in the Southwest U.S.. Conditions will remain uncomfortably hot across the southern Plains and the Southeast. Read More >

First borough in Alaska to be recognized as StormReady!

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From left to right: Acting Warning Coordination Meteorologist, Andrew Brown; FNSB Mayor, Karl Kassel;
FNSB Emergency Manager, Baird Stiefel; Meteorologist, Lindsay Tardif-Huber; and Director of Emergency Operations, David Gibbs

On Tuesday, August 30, the Fairbanks North Star Borough was recognized as a StormReady^{® community. The StormReady program helps community leaders and residents better prepare for hazardous weather and flooding. StormReady communities have made a strong commitment to implement the infrastructure and systems needed to save lives and protect property when severe weather strikes.}

To be recognized as StormReady, a community must maintain a 24-hour warning point and emergency operations center; have more than one way to receive National Weather Service warnings and to alert the public; be able to monitor local weather and flood conditions; conduct community preparedness programs; and ensure hazardous weather and flooding are addressed in formal emergency management plans, which include training SKYWARN^{® weather spotters and holding emergency exercises.

Fairbanks North Star Borough joins 20 other StormReady sites across Alaska including Nome, McGrath, Fort Greely, and Eielson AFB in the NWS Fairbanks area of responsibility. Additionally, 13 of the StormReady sites are also TsunamiReady. For more information about the StormReady program, click here.}

Risks of Severe Thunderstorms and Excessive Rainfall in the Central U.S.; Fire Weather Concerns in Alaska and Southwest

StormReady: Fairbanks North Star Borough

Fairbanks North Star Borough becomes a National Weather Service StormReady Community!

First borough in Alaska to be recognized as StormReady!

From left to right: Acting Warning Coordination Meteorologist, Andrew Brown; FNSB Mayor, Karl Kassel; FNSB Emergency Manager, Baird Stiefel; Meteorologist, Lindsay Tardif-Huber; and Director of Emergency Operations, David Gibbs

From left to right: Acting Warning Coordination Meteorologist, Andrew Brown; FNSB Mayor, Karl Kassel;
FNSB Emergency Manager, Baird Stiefel; Meteorologist, Lindsay Tardif-Huber; and Director of Emergency Operations, David Gibbs