Alert archive / Alaska / Blizzard Watches

Blizzard Watches in Alaska, 2017

11 blizzard watches in 2017. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of blizzard watches reaches back to 2005.

Blizzard Watches by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2017. Tap one for its archive.

Blizzard Watches
11
Busiest month
February6 blizzard watches
Busiest day
January 4, 20171 blizzard watches

Over time

By month

The alerts

Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Alaska Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 3:45 PM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFG21 hr
Jan 14, 7:17 PM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFC20 hr
Jan 21, 4:10 AM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFC12 hr
Jan 28, 3:37 PM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFC12 hr
Jan 30, 12:27 PM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFG25 hr
Feb 7, 3:39 AM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFG7 hr
Feb 9, 4:01 PM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFC6 hr
Feb 12, 3:34 PM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFC13 hr
Feb 19, 3:48 AM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFC12 hr
Feb 20, 3:40 PM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFC13 hr
Feb 24, 12:11 PM AKSTBlizzard WatchAFG16 hr

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. January 4, 20171blizzard watches
  2. January 15, 20171blizzard watches
  3. January 21, 20171blizzard watches
  4. January 29, 20171blizzard watches
  5. January 30, 20171blizzard watches
  6. February 7, 20171blizzard watches
  7. February 10, 20171blizzard watches
  8. February 13, 20171blizzard watches
  9. February 19, 20171blizzard watches
  10. February 21, 20171blizzard watches
  11. February 24, 20171blizzard watches

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.