Alert archive / Alaska

Weather alerts in Alaska, 2009

5,674 weather alerts in 2009, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.

Weather alerts by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2009. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
5,674
Warnings
2,583
Watches
146
Advisories
2,945
Busiest month
January721 alerts
Busiest day
February 21, 200939 alerts

Over time

By month

The alerts

5,674 alerts are too many to list on one page. Narrow it to a product above, to a month in the chart, or to a county.

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

ProductAlerts
Severe storms
Severe Thunderstorm Warning2
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning47
Flash Flood Warning7
Flash Flood Watch1
Flood Watch13
River Flood Watch1
Areal Flood Advisory55
Winter
Blizzard Warning84
Winter Storm Warning66
Blizzard Watch51
Winter Storm Watch30
Freezing Rain Advisory30
Winter Weather Advisory154
Cold
Freeze Warning2
Hard Freeze Warning1
Wind Chill Warning12
Frost Advisory17
Wind Chill Advisory78
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning64
High Wind Watch29
Wind Advisory150
Fire
Red Flag Warning39
Fire Weather Watch18
Fog and smoke
Ashfall Advisory11
Dense Fog Advisory59
Dense Smoke Advisory10
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning3
Coastal Flood Watch3
Coastal Flood Advisory1
High Surf Advisory14
Marine
Gale Warning1,581
Heavy Freezing Spray Warning292
Hurricane Force Wind Warning20
Special Marine Warning7
Storm Warning356
Brisk Wind Advisory300
Small Craft Advisory2,066

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. February 21, 200939alerts
  2. November 11, 200938alerts
  3. January 12, 200937alerts
  4. November 30, 200935alerts
  5. January 8, 200934alerts
  6. February 26, 200934alerts
  7. November 5, 200934alerts
  8. November 13, 200933alerts
  9. January 14, 200932alerts
  10. March 7, 200932alerts
  11. January 17, 200931alerts
  12. February 2, 200931alerts

Nearby

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Sources

National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.