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Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Fairbanks, AK

May 26, 2026Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this red flag warning at May 26, 2026, 8:51 AM AKDT for Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska. It took effect at May 26, 2026, 12:00 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: May 26, 2026, 8:51 AM AKDT (16:51 UTC)
In effect from: May 26, 2026, 12:00 PM AKDT
Expired: May 26, 2026, 6:00 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 16:51 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 May 25, 3:51 PM AKDT, 17 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 3:51 PM AKDT, 17 hours 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
May 25, 7:59 PM AKDT	Areal Flood Warning	AFG	Kusilvak Census Area	45 hr
May 26, 3:46 AM AKDT	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG		24 hr
May 26, 3:49 PM AKDT	Small Craft Advisory	AFG		36 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Alaska, 2026 Every red flag warning in 2026

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.