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Red Flag Warnings in Alaska, 2026

27 red flag warnings 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 red flag warnings reaches back to 2005.

Red Flag Warnings by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Red Flag Warnings
27
Busiest month
June15 red flag warnings
Busiest day
May 10, 20262 red flag warnings

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 10:10 AM AKDTRed Flag WarningAFGSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area12 hr
May 10, 10:10 AM AKDTRed Flag WarningAFGSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area33 hr
May 15, 1:19 PM AKDTRed Flag WarningAFGSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area57 hr
May 18, 8:59 AM AKDTRed Flag WarningAFGSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area37 hr
May 26, 8:51 AM AKDTRed Flag WarningAFGSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area9 hr
May 31, 1:29 PM AKDTRed Flag WarningAFCMatanuska-Susitna31 hr
Jun 3, 2:51 PM AKDTRed Flag WarningAFCBethel Census Area, Bristol Bay, Dillingham Census Area5 hr
Jun 4, 3:55 AM AKDTRed Flag WarningAFCDillingham Census Area, Lake and Peninsula17 hr
Jun 12, 9:37 AM AKDTRed Flag WarningAFGSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area58 hr
Jun 13, 10:24 AM AKDTRed Flag WarningAFCBethel Census Area11 hr
Jun 18, 2:08 PM AKDTRed Flag WarningAFCMatanuska-Susitna34 hr
Jun 18, 2:45 PM AKDTRed Flag WarningAFCBethel Census Area34 hr
Jun 19, 2:07 PM AKDTRed Flag WarningAFGDenali, Fairbanks North Star, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area56 hr
Jun 19, 2:07 PM AKDTRed Flag WarningAFGYukon-Koyukuk Census Area56 hr
Jun 21, 2:13 PM AKDTRed Flag WarningAFGDenali, Fairbanks North Star, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area32 hr
Jun 21, 2:13 PM AKDTRed Flag WarningAFGYukon-Koyukuk Census Area32 hr
Jun 24, 12:15 PM AKDTRed Flag WarningAFGNorthwest Arctic, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area12 hr
Jun 25, 8:52 AM AKDTRed Flag WarningAFGNorthwest Arctic, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area13 hr
Jun 25, 8:58 AM AKDTRed Flag WarningAFGYukon-Koyukuk Census Area15 hr
Jun 26, 9:02 AM AKDTRed Flag WarningAFGSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area14 hr
Jun 26, 9:07 AM AKDTRed Flag WarningAFGKusilvak Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area18 hr
Jul 6, 9:22 AM AKDTRed Flag WarningAFGNome Census Area, Northwest Arctic, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area39 hr
Jul 8, 7:58 AM AKDTRed Flag WarningAFGNorthwest Arctic, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area16 hr
Jul 8, 7:58 AM AKDTRed Flag WarningAFGYukon-Koyukuk Census Area16 hr
Jul 10, 8:31 AM AKDTRed Flag WarningAFGYukon-Koyukuk Census Area38 hr
Jul 10, 9:09 AM AKDTRed Flag WarningAFCCopper River Census Area34 hr
Aug 17, 12:36 PM AKDTRed Flag WarningAFGSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area6 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. May 10, 20262red flag warnings
  2. June 18, 20262red flag warnings
  3. June 19, 20262red flag warnings
  4. June 21, 20262red flag warnings
  5. June 25, 20262red flag warnings
  6. June 26, 20262red flag warnings
  7. July 8, 20262red flag warnings
  8. July 10, 20262red flag warnings
  9. May 15, 20261red flag warnings
  10. May 18, 20261red flag warnings
  11. May 26, 20261red flag warnings
  12. May 31, 20261red flag warnings

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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.