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Flood Watch 2, NWS Anchorage, AK
NWS Anchorage, AK issued this flood watch at Apr 22, 2026, 12:36 PM AKDT for Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska. It took effect at Apr 22, 2026, 9:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for 37 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 22, 2026, 12:36 PM AKDT (20:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 22, 2026, 9:00 PM AKDT
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2026, 10:26 AM AKDT
- In force
- 37 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Anchorage, AK
- Flood severity
- None
The radar
The Kenai radar (PAHG), 210 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 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 flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Anchorage, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at Apr 22, 5:21 AM AKDT, 7 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 5:21 AM AKDT, 7 hours 15 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Anchorage, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 4:08 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 11 hr | |
| Apr 22, 4:08 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Apr 22, 4:18 AM AKDT | Brisk Wind Advisory | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Apr 22, 4:18 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Apr 22, 4:18 AM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Apr 22, 4:18 AM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Apr 22, 2:39 PM AKDT | Gale Warning | AFC | 13 hr | |
| Apr 22, 2:39 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 13 hr | |
| Apr 22, 2:40 PM AKDT | Small Craft Advisory | AFC | 13 hr |
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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.