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Red Flag Warning 20, NWS Fairbanks, AK

August 17, 2026Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this red flag warning at Aug 17, 2026, 12:36 PM AKDT for Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska. It took effect at Aug 17, 2026, 1:00 PM AKDT. It was in force for 6 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: Aug 17, 2026, 12:36 PM AKDT (20:36 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 17, 2026, 1:00 PM AKDT
Expired: Aug 17, 2026, 7:00 PM AKDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

County Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AK

The radar

The Fairbanks Faa radar (PAPD), 249 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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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 Aug 17, 5:09 AM AKDT, 7 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 5:09 AM AKDT, 7 hours 27 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
Aug 16, 10:53 PM AKDT	High Wind Warning	AFG	Southeast Fairbanks Census Area	25 hr
Aug 17, 3:46 AM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFG		36 hr
Aug 17, 3:46 AM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFG		36 hr
Aug 17, 3:48 PM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFG		24 hr
Aug 17, 3:49 PM AKDT	Gale Warning	AFG		24 hr
Aug 17, 3:49 PM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFG		36 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.