Alert archive / Alaska

Special Marine Warnings in Alaska

127 special marine 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 special marine warnings reaches back to 1986.

Special Marine Warnings by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.

Special Marine Warnings
127
Busiest year
201324 special marine warnings
Average year
6over 21 years on file

Over time

By year

Before October 2007 these were issued for whole counties, and a storm crossing three counties was often three warnings; since then one polygon follows the storm. The count changed with the practice, not only with the weather.

By month of the year

The latest special marine warnings

The most recent on file, newest first.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 20, 3:58 PM AKDTSpecial Marine WarningAJK32 min
Sep 20, 2:17 PM AKDTSpecial Marine WarningAJK58 min
Sep 20, 12:59 PM AKDTSpecial Marine WarningAJK52 min
Sep 20, 12:05 PM AKDTSpecial Marine WarningAJK55 min
Sep 20, 10:26 AM AKDTSpecial Marine WarningAJK34 min
Sep 20, 9:33 AM AKDTSpecial Marine WarningAJK27 min
Sep 20, 1:07 AM AKDTSpecial Marine WarningAFC23 min
Sep 20, 12:45 AM AKDTSpecial Marine WarningAFC30 min
Aug 31, 2:43 PM AKDTSpecial Marine WarningAFC32 min
Aug 31, 2:14 PM AKDTSpecial Marine WarningAFC31 min
Aug 31, 1:49 PM AKDTSpecial Marine WarningAFC26 min

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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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.