Winter Storm Warnings in Alaska
1,030 winter storm 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 winter storm warnings reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Warnings
- 1,030
- Busiest year
- 202182 winter storm warnings
- Average year
- 47over 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.
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area49
- Haines Borough34
- Skagway Municipality34
- Nome Census Area28
- North Slope Borough27
- Juneau City and Borough23
- Northwest Arctic Borough22
- Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area21
- Hoonah-Angoon Census Area20
- Yakutat City and Borough18
- Kusilvak Census Area16
- Petersburg Borough14
- Southeast Fairbanks Census Area12
- Denali Borough11
- City and Borough of Wrangell9
- Fairbanks North Star Borough8
- Ketchikan Gateway Borough7
- Kenai Peninsula Borough4
- Bethel Census Area4
- Dillingham Census Area3
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough3
- Sitka City and Borough2
- Aleutians West Census Area2
- Anchorage Municipality2
- Copper River Census Area2
- Chugach Census Area1
- Bristol Bay Borough1
- Lake and Peninsula Borough1
The latest winter storm warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 12:13 PM AKDT | Winter Storm Warning | AFG | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 49 hr |
| Apr 17, 12:23 PM AKDT | Winter Storm Warning | AFC | Bethel Census Area | 15 hr |
| Apr 17, 11:41 AM AKDT | Winter Storm Warning | AFG | Kusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 70 hr |
| Apr 11, 3:14 PM AKDT | Winter Storm Warning | AFG | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 54 hr |
| Mar 21, 6:28 AM AKDT | Winter Storm Warning | AFG | North Slope | 6 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:20 PM AKDT | Winter Storm Warning | AFG | North Slope | 15 hr |
| Mar 20, 1:00 PM AKDT | Winter Storm Warning | AJK | Haines | 30 hr |
| Mar 18, 1:05 PM AKDT | Winter Storm Warning | AJK | Juneau City and, Yakutat City and | 36 hr |
| Mar 17, 6:25 AM AKDT | Winter Storm Warning | AJK | Hoonah-Angoon Census Area | 67 hr |
| Mar 15, 10:51 AM AKDT | Winter Storm Warning | AFG | Denali, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 50 hr |
| Mar 14, 2:01 PM AKDT | Winter Storm Warning | AJK | Haines, Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Juneau City and, Petersburg, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Skagway Municipality and 1 more | 45 hr |
| Mar 9, 6:19 AM AKDT | Winter Storm Warning | AJK | Juneau City and | 7 hr |
Nearby
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.