Alert archive / Alaska / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Alaska, 2023
46 winter storm 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 winter storm watches reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 46
- Busiest month
- March13 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- February 20, 20233 winter storm 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 12:51 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | 20 hr | |
| Jan 17, 2:31 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AJK | Haines, Skagway Municipality | 22 hr |
| Jan 23, 2:45 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AJK | Skagway Municipality | 12 hr |
| Jan 25, 3:40 AM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | 9 hr | |
| Feb 7, 3:21 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AJK | Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | 24 hr |
| Feb 8, 5:06 AM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFC | 11 hr | |
| Feb 13, 1:35 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | 14 hr | |
| Feb 15, 1:51 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | 14 hr | |
| Feb 19, 9:43 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | 16 hr | |
| Feb 20, 1:18 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | 15 hr | |
| Feb 20, 1:18 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | 16 hr | |
| Feb 22, 4:09 AM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | 9 hr | |
| Feb 22, 2:58 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AJK | Haines, Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Juneau City and, Ketchikan Gateway, Petersburg, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area and 4 more | 23 hr |
| Feb 26, 2:58 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | 12 hr | |
| Feb 26, 3:52 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFC | 25 hr | |
| Feb 27, 12:26 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AJK | Haines, Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Juneau City and, Ketchikan Gateway, Petersburg, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area and 4 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:09 AM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | 10 hr | |
| Mar 3, 4:26 AM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | 11 hr | |
| Mar 7, 1:28 AM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | 14 hr | |
| Mar 13, 2:43 PM AKDT | Winter Storm Watch | AJK | Haines, Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Juneau City and, Skagway Municipality, Yakutat City and | 24 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:02 PM AKDT | Winter Storm Watch | AJK | Yakutat City and | 24 hr |
| Mar 17, 2:01 PM AKDT | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | 48 hr | |
| Mar 17, 8:09 PM AKDT | Winter Storm Watch | AFC | 9 hr | |
| Mar 18, 4:13 PM AKDT | Winter Storm Watch | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Mar 21, 1:33 PM AKDT | Winter Storm Watch | AFC | 8 hr | |
| Mar 22, 3:27 PM AKDT | Winter Storm Watch | AFC | 13 hr | |
| Mar 23, 4:25 AM AKDT | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | 34 hr | |
| Mar 24, 2:41 PM AKDT | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | 15 hr | |
| Mar 24, 2:47 PM AKDT | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | 15 hr | |
| Sep 29, 12:52 PM AKDT | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 39 hr |
| Nov 6, 5:23 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFC | 12 hr | |
| Nov 7, 5:35 AM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Nov 9, 3:31 AM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Nome Census Area, Northwest Arctic, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 59 hr |
| Nov 10, 3:36 AM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 34 hr |
| Nov 10, 3:40 AM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | North Slope | 34 hr |
| Nov 11, 10:46 AM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFC | 18 hr | |
| Nov 13, 2:29 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 14 hr |
| Nov 13, 2:30 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 14 hr |
| Nov 16, 3:53 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFC | 23 hr | |
| Nov 18, 3:04 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AJK | Haines, Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Juneau City and, Petersburg, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Skagway Municipality | 23 hr |
| Nov 19, 3:01 AM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFC | 10 hr | |
| Nov 27, 2:55 AM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 27 hr |
| Dec 9, 5:08 AM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFC | 5 hr | |
| Dec 13, 4:27 AM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AJK | Haines, Skagway Municipality | 11 hr |
| Dec 14, 4:40 AM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Kusilvak Census Area | 9 hr |
| Dec 21, 12:23 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AJK | Haines, Skagway Municipality | 27 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Skagway Municipality8
- Haines Borough7
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area5
- Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area4
- Hoonah-Angoon Census Area4
- Juneau City and Borough4
- Yakutat City and Borough4
- Petersburg Borough3
- Ketchikan Gateway Borough2
- Sitka City and Borough2
- City and Borough of Wrangell2
- Southeast Fairbanks Census Area1
- Nome Census Area1
- Northwest Arctic Borough1
- North Slope Borough1
- Kusilvak Census Area1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.