Weather alerts in Alaska, 2023
5,488 weather alerts in 2023, 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 5,488
- Warnings
- 2,222
- Watches
- 108
- Advisories
- 3,152
- Busiest month
- December700 alerts
- Busiest day
- November 19, 202343 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
5,488 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.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 28 |
| Special Weather Statement | 6 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 29 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 1 |
| Flood Watch | 23 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 70 |
| Winter | |
| Blizzard Warning | 52 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 61 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 46 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 248 |
| Cold | |
| Wind Chill Warning | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 5 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 28 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 46 |
| High Wind Watch | 29 |
| Wind Advisory | 54 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 18 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 8 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Ashfall Advisory | 2 |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 78 |
| Dense Smoke Advisory | 3 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Tsunami Warning | 1 |
| Coastal Flood Watch | 1 |
| Coastal Flood Advisory | 4 |
| High Surf Advisory | 11 |
| Tsunami Advisory | 1 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 1,419 |
| Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | 309 |
| Hurricane Force Wind Warning | 7 |
| Special Marine Warning | 5 |
| Storm Warning | 246 |
| Brisk Wind Advisory | 425 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 2,223 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area61
- Juneau City and Borough61
- Hoonah-Angoon Census Area43
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area43
- Southeast Fairbanks Census Area39
- Haines Borough35
- Skagway Municipality34
- Ketchikan Gateway Borough33
- Petersburg Borough33
- North Slope Borough30
- Yakutat City and Borough24
- Nome Census Area21
- Sitka City and Borough20
- Fairbanks North Star Borough18
- Denali Borough18
- Northwest Arctic Borough16
- City and Borough of Wrangell13
- Kusilvak Census Area11
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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.