Alert archive / Alaska / Flood Watches
Flood Watches in Alaska, 2026
15 flood watches in 2026. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of flood watches reaches back to 2005.
Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 15
- Busiest month
- May4 flood watches
- Busiest day
- May 5, 20262 flood watches
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Alaska Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 1:03 PM AKST | Flood Watch | AJK | Haines, Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Juneau City and, Ketchikan Gateway, Petersburg, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area and 3 more | 5 days |
| Jan 14, 9:49 PM AKST | Flood Watch | AFC | Kenai Peninsula | 38 hr |
| Apr 22, 12:36 PM AKDT | Flood Watch | AFC | Matanuska-Susitna | 46 hr |
| May 5, 10:55 AM AKDT | Flood Watch | AFG | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 6 days |
| May 5, 12:30 PM AKDT | Flood Watch | AFC | Bethel Census Area | 9 days |
| May 12, 7:41 PM AKDT | Flood Watch | AFG | Kusilvak Census Area, Northwest Arctic, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 15 days |
| May 31, 11:49 AM AKDT | Flood Watch | AFC | Kodiak Island | 53 hr |
| Jun 14, 10:52 AM AKDT | Flood Watch | AFG | North Slope, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 3 days |
| Jul 17, 9:11 PM AKDT | Flood Watch | AFC | Anchorage Municipality, Kenai Peninsula | 70 hr |
| Jul 20, 10:01 PM AKDT | Flood Watch | AFC | Kenai Peninsula, Matanuska-Susitna | 66 hr |
| Jul 31, 1:22 PM AKDT | Flood Watch | AFC | Kenai Peninsula, Matanuska-Susitna | 5 days |
| Aug 16, 12:33 PM AKDT | Flood Watch | AFC | Matanuska-Susitna | 51 hr |
| Sep 13, 12:42 PM AKDT | Flood Watch | AFG | Fairbanks North Star, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 5 days |
| Sep 18, 2:52 PM AKDT | Flood Watch | AJK | Haines, Skagway Municipality | 61 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:43 PM AKDT | Flood Watch | AFC | Bethel Census Area | 70 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Kenai Peninsula Borough4
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough4
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area4
- Haines Borough2
- Skagway Municipality2
- Bethel Census Area2
- Hoonah-Angoon Census Area1
- Juneau City and Borough1
- Ketchikan Gateway Borough1
- Petersburg Borough1
- Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area1
- Sitka City and Borough1
- City and Borough of Wrangell1
- Southeast Fairbanks Census Area1
- Kusilvak Census Area1
- Northwest Arctic Borough1
- Kodiak Island Borough1
- North Slope Borough1
- Anchorage Municipality1
- Fairbanks North Star Borough1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.