StormReady: Fairbanks North Star Borough

Coastal Storm Impacting the Mid-Atlantic; Heavy Rain and Below Average Temperatures Over the Plains

A coastal storm will bring widespread rain, gusty winds, shallow coastal flooding, rip currents, large surf and possible areal flooding over the Mid-Atlantic region into Wednesday. Heavy rains and thunderstorms, some severe, persist across the Plains. Above average temperatures expected across much of the CONUS, except over the Plains. 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.}

Coastal Storm Impacting the Mid-Atlantic; Heavy Rain and Below Average Temperatures Over the Plains

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