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Flood Watch 3, NWS Anchorage, AK

May 5, 2026Bethel Census Area, Alaska

NWS Anchorage, AK issued this flood watch at May 5, 2026, 12:30 PM AKDT for Bethel Census Area, Alaska. It was in force for 9 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 5, 2026, 12:30 PM AKDT (20:30 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 2026, 10:00 AM AKDT
In force: 9 days
Issued by: NWS Anchorage, AK
Flood severity: None

County Bethel Census Area, AK

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 May 5, 4:51 AM AKDT, 7 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 4:51 AM AKDT, 7 hours 39 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 4, 4:09 PM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFC	23 hr
May 4, 4:09 PM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFC	23 hr
May 5, 2:10 AM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFC	24 hr
May 5, 2:10 AM 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.