Right now, 17,217 people in Alaska are under a National Weather Service warning. That's 2.3% of the state's 733,391 people, the 3rd most of any state.
Updated Wed, 11:33 AM AKDT · counted every 10 minutes · 4 warnings in force
In September 2026 the National Weather Service issued 5 warnings for Alaska, against 8 in an average September since 2008.
The most at once this month: 17,217 people, on October 21 (counted since October 21).
| County | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Fairbanks North Star | 9,323 | 9.7% |
| Southeast Fairbanks | 6,808 | 100% |
| Yukon-Koyukuk | 1,086 | 20.3% |
National Weather Service warnings, each counted once in the month it was issued. From the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive.
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17,217 people in Alaska were under a National Weather Service warning at Wed, 11:33 AM AKDT, according to InstaMaps, which counts them every 10 minutes from 2020 Census data (get-instamaps.com/data/warnings/alaska).
How it's counted: method. Questions or a cut we don't have: gbade@get-instamaps.com (InstaMaps data team).
It shows Alaska's warnings and reloads itself every 10 minutes, so a story left open stays current.
The monthly report, the first Thursday of each month at 6 a.m. Eastern. And, when a big storm hits Alaska, a short note with the count. Nothing else, and one click stops it.
The monthly report: release dates. Population: 2020 Census. Warnings: the National Weather Service, refreshed every 10 minutes.