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High Wind Watches in Alaska, 2023

29 high wind watches in 2023. 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 watches reaches back to 2005.

High Wind Watches by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2023. Tap one for its archive.

High Wind Watches
29
Busiest month
November8 high wind watches
Busiest day
November 7, 20233 high wind 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 20, 4:29 AM AKSTHigh Wind WatchAFC11 hr
Jan 27, 5:40 AM AKSTHigh Wind WatchAFC9 hr
Feb 7, 3:22 PM AKSTHigh Wind WatchAJKPrince of Wales-Hyder Census Area24 hr
Feb 8, 5:42 AM AKSTHigh Wind WatchAFC10 hr
Feb 13, 4:58 AM AKSTHigh Wind WatchAFC11 hr
Feb 15, 3:57 PM AKSTHigh Wind WatchAFC13 hr
Feb 19, 3:48 PM AKSTHigh Wind WatchAFC13 hr
Feb 20, 4:39 AM AKSTHigh Wind WatchAFC11 hr
Mar 2, 3:38 PM AKSTHigh Wind WatchAFC24 hr
Mar 8, 3:46 PM AKSTHigh Wind WatchAFC13 hr
Mar 17, 2:07 PM AKDTHigh Wind WatchAFC26 hr
Aug 30, 7:49 AM AKDTHigh Wind WatchAFG18 hr
Oct 8, 10:21 AM AKDTHigh Wind WatchAJKPrince of Wales-Hyder Census Area18 hr
Oct 8, 12:30 PM AKDTHigh Wind WatchAFC39 hr
Oct 11, 2:57 PM AKDTHigh Wind WatchAJKPrince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Sitka City and13 hr
Oct 15, 12:46 PM AKDTHigh Wind WatchAJKKetchikan Gateway, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area25 hr
Nov 6, 3:06 PM AKSTHigh Wind WatchAJKKetchikan Gateway, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area24 hr
Nov 7, 10:02 AM AKSTHigh Wind WatchAFC8 hr
Nov 7, 12:27 PM AKSTHigh Wind WatchAFGNorth Slope25 hr
Nov 13, 2:37 PM AKSTHigh Wind WatchAFC21 hr
Nov 17, 2:07 PM AKSTHigh Wind WatchAFC22 hr
Nov 18, 3:04 PM AKSTHigh Wind WatchAJKPrince of Wales-Hyder Census Area22 hr
Nov 27, 1:57 AM AKSTHigh Wind WatchAFGYukon-Koyukuk Census Area28 hr
Nov 27, 2:02 AM AKSTHigh Wind WatchAFGDenali, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area27 hr
Dec 7, 2:24 PM AKSTHigh Wind WatchAJKKetchikan Gateway, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, City and Borough of Wrangell19 hr
Dec 10, 3:14 PM AKSTHigh Wind WatchAJKJuneau City and, Ketchikan Gateway, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Skagway Municipality37 hr
Dec 21, 12:24 PM AKSTHigh Wind WatchAJKKetchikan Gateway, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Sitka City and27 hr
Dec 22, 5:39 AM AKSTHigh Wind WatchAFGDenali9 hr
Dec 22, 9:51 PM AKSTHigh Wind WatchAFC28 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. November 7, 20233high wind watches
  2. February 8, 20232high wind watches
  3. February 20, 20232high wind watches
  4. October 8, 20232high wind watches
  5. November 27, 20232high wind watches
  6. January 20, 20231high wind watches
  7. January 27, 20231high wind watches
  8. February 13, 20231high wind watches
  9. February 16, 20231high wind watches
  10. March 3, 20231high wind watches
  11. March 9, 20231high wind watches
  12. March 17, 20231high wind watches

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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.