High Wind Warnings in Alaska
1,095 high wind warnings since 1986. 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 high wind warnings reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Warnings
- 1,095
- Busiest year
- 201173 high wind warnings
- Average year
- 50over 22 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area38
- Southeast Fairbanks Census Area30
- Juneau City and Borough28
- Ketchikan Gateway Borough27
- Sitka City and Borough19
- Denali Borough18
- Nome Census Area18
- Skagway Municipality17
- North Slope Borough10
- Yakutat City and Borough7
- Hoonah-Angoon Census Area7
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area7
- Aleutians West Census Area7
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough7
- Northwest Arctic Borough5
- Aleutians East Borough5
- Anchorage Municipality5
- Chugach Census Area5
- Kusilvak Census Area4
- Haines Borough3
- Petersburg Borough3
- City and Borough of Wrangell3
- Kodiak Island Borough3
- Bethel Census Area1
- Lake and Peninsula Borough1
- Kenai Peninsula Borough1
The latest high wind warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 1:03 PM AKDT | High Wind Warning | AFC | Aleutians West Census Area | 57 hr |
| Sep 14, 7:58 PM AKDT | High Wind Warning | AFG | Kusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area | 18 hr |
| Sep 8, 1:43 PM AKDT | High Wind Warning | AFG | Nome Census Area | 61 hr |
| Sep 8, 11:22 AM AKDT | High Wind Warning | AFG | North Slope | 3 days |
| Aug 27, 10:46 AM AKDT | High Wind Warning | AFG | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 35 hr |
| Aug 16, 10:53 PM AKDT | High Wind Warning | AFG | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 25 hr |
| Aug 1, 12:57 PM AKDT | High Wind Warning | AFG | Denali, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 49 hr |
| Jul 13, 1:38 PM AKDT | High Wind Warning | AFG | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 35 hr |
| May 25, 7:22 AM AKDT | High Wind Warning | AFG | Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 29 hr |
| May 15, 1:28 PM AKDT | High Wind Warning | AFC | Aleutians East | 5 hr |
| Apr 29, 1:10 PM AKDT | High Wind Warning | AFG | Denali, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 64 hr |
| Apr 24, 11:14 AM AKDT | High Wind Warning | AFC | Aleutians West Census Area | 53 hr |
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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.