Wind Advisories in Alaska
1,400 wind advisories 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 wind advisories reaches back to 2005.
Wind Advisories by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Wind Advisories
- 1,400
- Busiest year
- 2009150 wind advisories
- Average year
- 64over 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.
- Southeast Fairbanks Census Area122
- Denali Borough56
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area40
- Skagway Municipality30
- Fairbanks North Star Borough20
- Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area16
- Ketchikan Gateway Borough14
- Juneau City and Borough14
- Sitka City and Borough11
- Anchorage Municipality10
- Kenai Peninsula Borough8
- Yakutat City and Borough7
- Bethel Census Area6
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough6
- Haines Borough6
- Chugach Census Area4
- Hoonah-Angoon Census Area4
- City and Borough of Wrangell4
- Dillingham Census Area3
- Kusilvak Census Area2
- Northwest Arctic Borough2
- Aleutians West Census Area2
- Nome Census Area1
- North Slope Borough1
- Petersburg Borough1
- Kodiak Island Borough1
The latest wind advisories
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 1:03 PM AKDT | Wind Advisory | AFC | Bethel Census Area | 60 hr |
| Sep 22, 7:50 AM AKDT | Wind Advisory | AJK | Ketchikan Gateway, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | 6 hr |
| Sep 19, 4:04 AM AKDT | Wind Advisory | AJK | Haines, Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Juneau City and, Ketchikan Gateway, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Sitka City and and 2 more | 43 hr |
| Sep 15, 1:04 PM AKDT | Wind Advisory | AJK | Skagway Municipality | 30 hr |
| Sep 14, 4:04 AM AKDT | Wind Advisory | AFC | Bethel Census Area | 45 hr |
| Sep 14, 12:47 AM AKDT | Wind Advisory | AFC | Anchorage Municipality, Kenai Peninsula | 59 hr |
| Sep 13, 10:28 AM AKDT | Wind Advisory | AFG | Denali, Fairbanks North Star, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 3 days |
| Sep 13, 10:12 AM AKDT | Wind Advisory | AFG | Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 3 days |
| Sep 7, 12:11 PM AKDT | Wind Advisory | AFG | Denali, Fairbanks North Star, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 58 hr |
| Sep 7, 9:54 AM AKDT | Wind Advisory | AJK | Haines, Juneau City and, Skagway Municipality | 39 hr |
| Aug 27, 10:47 AM AKDT | Wind Advisory | AFG | Denali | 35 hr |
| Aug 27, 10:46 AM AKDT | Wind Advisory | AFG | Denali | 1 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. Rebuilt daily.