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Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Fairbanks, AK

June 19, 2025Fairbanks North Star Borough, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this red flag warning at Jun 19, 2025, 12:31 PM AKDT for Fairbanks North Star Borough, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska. It took effect at Jun 20, 2025, 4:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 19, 2025, 12:31 PM AKDT (20:31 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 20, 2025, 4:00 PM AKDT
Expired: Jun 21, 2025, 12:00 AM AKDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

Counties Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

The radar

The Fairbanks Faa radar (PAPD), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Fairbanks, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Jun 18, 11:26 PM AKDT, 13 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 11:26 PM AKDT, 13 hours 5 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 18, 5:48 PM AKDT	Special Weather Statement	AFG		27 min
Jun 18, 6:19 PM AKDT	Special Weather Statement	AFG		41 min
Jun 18, 6:38 PM AKDT	Special Weather Statement	AFG		37 min
Jun 18, 7:02 PM AKDT	Special Weather Statement	AFG		28 min
Jun 18, 7:44 PM AKDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AFG	Denali, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	31 min
Jun 19, 10:42 AM AKDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AFG	North Slope	11 hr
Jun 19, 10:48 AM AKDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AFG	North Slope	29 hr
Jun 19, 1:54 PM AKDT	Special Weather Statement	AFG	Fairbanks North Star	36 min
Jun 19, 3:33 PM AKDT	Special Weather Statement	AFG		27 min
Jun 19, 3:48 PM AKDT	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG		24 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.