Red Flag Warnings in Alaska
514 red flag warnings since 1986. 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 red flag warnings reaches back to 2005.
Red Flag Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 514
- Busiest year
- 201453 red flag warnings
- Average year
- 24over 21 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area38
- Southeast Fairbanks Census Area23
- Fairbanks North Star Borough11
- Northwest Arctic Borough8
- Denali Borough6
- Bethel Census Area4
- Copper River Census Area3
- Dillingham Census Area2
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough2
- Kusilvak Census Area1
- Nome Census Area1
- Bristol Bay Borough1
- Lake and Peninsula Borough1
The latest red flag warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 12:36 PM AKDT | Red Flag Warning | AFG | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 9:09 AM AKDT | Red Flag Warning | AFC | Copper River Census Area | 34 hr |
| Jul 10, 8:31 AM AKDT | Red Flag Warning | AFG | Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 38 hr |
| Jul 8, 7:58 AM AKDT | Red Flag Warning | AFG | Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 16 hr |
| Jul 8, 7:58 AM AKDT | Red Flag Warning | AFG | Northwest Arctic, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 16 hr |
| Jul 6, 9:22 AM AKDT | Red Flag Warning | AFG | Nome Census Area, Northwest Arctic, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 39 hr |
| Jun 26, 9:07 AM AKDT | Red Flag Warning | AFG | Kusilvak Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 18 hr |
| Jun 26, 9:02 AM AKDT | Red Flag Warning | AFG | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 14 hr |
| Jun 25, 8:58 AM AKDT | Red Flag Warning | AFG | Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 15 hr |
| Jun 25, 8:52 AM AKDT | Red Flag Warning | AFG | Northwest Arctic, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 13 hr |
| Jun 24, 12:15 PM AKDT | Red Flag Warning | AFG | Northwest Arctic, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 12 hr |
| Jun 21, 2:13 PM AKDT | Red Flag Warning | AFG | Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 32 hr |
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. Rebuilt daily.