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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
208 PM AKDT Sun Aug 2 2026

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Noatak Valley-Kivalina and Red Dog Dock-Lower Kobuk Valley-
Baldwin Peninsula-Northern Seward Peninsula-Shishmaref-
Bering Strait Coast-Southern Seward Peninsula Coast-
Interior Seward Peninsula-Eastern Norton Sound and Nulato Hills-
St Lawrence Island-
Including Noatak, Red Dog Mine, Kivalina, Red Dog Dock, Noorvik,
Selawik, Kiana, Kotzebue, Deering, Buckland, Candle, Shishmaref,
Diomede, Wales, Brevig Mission, Teller, Nome, White Mountain,
Golovin, Serpentine Hot Springs, Council, Haycock,
Pilgrim Springs, Taylor, Unalakleet, Stebbins, St Michael, Elim,
Koyuk, Shaktoolik, Gambell, and Savoonga
208 PM AKDT Sun Aug 2 2026

...Elevated Water Levels, Widespread Rain, and Wind to Start the
Week...

As a coastal system moves across Western Alaska Sunday into
Monday, elevated water levels, widespread moderate to heavy rain,
and southerly winds are expected across the area. Water levels
could rise 1 to 3 feet above the mean high tide line in coastal
areas of the Bering and Chukchi Seas. Rain totals from Sunday
afternoon through early Tuesday morning are expected to range from
1 to 2 inches south of the Bering Strait and from 0.5 to 1 inch
north of the Bering Strait. From Sunday afternoon through Tuesday
night, southerly winds will gust to 30 to 40 mph. Those in coastal
areas should take extra precautions to ensure that belongings are
properly secured ahead of these increasing winds and water
levels.

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South Slopes of the Western Brooks Range-Upper Kobuk Valleys-
Lower Yukon River-Lower Koyukuk Valley-Middle Yukon Valley-
Lower Yukon and Innoko Valleys-
North Slopes of the Western Alaska Range-Upper Kuskokwim Valley-
Including Walker Lake, Ambler, Shungnak, Kobuk, Russian Mission,
St Marys, Pilot Station, Marshall, Huslia, Hughes, Galena,
Nulato, Kaltag, Ruby, Koyukuk, Grayling, Holy Cross, Shageluk,
Anvik, Farewell Lake, McGrath, Nikolai, and Takotna
208 PM AKDT Sun Aug 2 2026

...Gusty Winds and Widespread Rain to Start the Week...

As a coastal system moves across Western Alaska Sunday into
Monday, it will bring widespread moderate to heavy rain and
southerly winds across the area. Rain totals from Sunday afternoon
through early Tuesday morning are expected to range from 1 to 2
inches across most of the Western Interior. River levels will rise
with this rainfall, although no flooding is expected. From Sunday
afternoon through Tuesday night, southerly winds could gust as
high as 40 mph in the Lower Yukon and Upper Kuskokwim Valleys,
with gusts over 30 mph possible elsewhere.

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