NWS Fairbanks AKFW.W 0016July 6, 2026
Red Flag Warning: Interior Seward Peninsula and Middle Yukon Valley, AK
The National Weather Service office in Fairbanks issued a red flag warning for Interior Seward Peninsula and Middle Yukon Valley in Alaska, which was in force until 12:00 a.m. local time on July 8. It was the 16th red flag warning the NWS office in Fairbanks issued in 2026. Alaska had 5 red flag warnings in July 2026, against 3 in an average July of 2008-2025 (Alaska's red flag warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 14 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Fairbanks AK
- Area
- Interior Seward Peninsula and Middle Yukon Valley
- State
- Alaska
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 10:17 p.m. AKDT, July 6, 2026
- In force from
- 10:00 a.m. AKDT, July 7, 2026
- Expires
- 12:00 a.m. AKDT, July 8, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Expected
- VTEC event
- PAFG FW.W 0016
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
* AFFECTED AREA...Interior Seward Peninsula and Middle Yukon Valley. * TIMING...From 10 AM Tuesday to midnight AKDT Tuesday night. * THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE INDEX...Scattered. * WINDS...Near thunderstorms, gusts could reach as high as 30 mph. * HUMIDITY...As low as 30 percent. * TEMPERATURES...Highs in the upper 70s. Lows in the mid 40s. * IMPACTS...Critical fire weather conditions are expected due to scattered thunderstorms. Thunderstorms will come with frequent lightning and outflow boundaries. Any lightning can cause new ignitions since the fuels are dry and burnable.
What the agency told people to do
A Red Flag Warning means that conditions are occurring or will occur which could lead to the development of large and dangerous fires. It is directed toward fire agencies, and through them, to the public. Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the field of this Red Flag Warning.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.