Funnel Cloud in Alaska
Every funnel cloud event the National Weather Service has filed in Alaska, year by year, with the most significant episodes. A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
The most significant on the map
The most significant funnel cloud episodes in Alaska.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 15
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- None recorded
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Funnel Cloud in Alaska, June 25, 2002Funnel clouds were reported by a Fish and Wildlife pilot 6 miles northwest of Blue Mountain. Additionally, waterspout reports were received by the King Salmon Weather Service Office by mariners in Bristol Bay.
- Funnel Cloud in Alaska, August 28, 2002From the Anchorage Daily News, August 29th: "A funnel cloud dropped from the sky several miles north of Wonder Lake in Denali National Park.
- Funnel Cloud in Alaska, August 28, 2002A Funnel Cloud was sighted by two hikers in the vicinity of the Kantishna Hills of Denali National Park.
- Funnel Cloud in Alaska, May 25, 2004An apparrent weak funnel cloud a few miles south of Fairbanks was sighted by a National Park Service meteorologist while driving on Fort Wainwright. Two on-duty NWS meteorologists also reported the same shortly thereafter.
- Funnel Cloud in Alaska, July 21, 2004Possible funnel cloud observed northeast of Marshall.
- Funnel Cloud in Alaska, July 28, 2004Possible weak funnel cloud observed just north of Nome.
- Funnel Cloud in Alaska, July 26, 2005Moderately unstable conditions in interior Alaska extended into the Kuskokwim Delta. A funnel cloud was observed by the Trooper Caravan traveling to Scammon Bay. Reports indicate it was lasted for a very brief period of time, less than a few minutes.
- Funnel Cloud in Alaska, August 4, 2005A funnel cloud was observed by Matt Taylor as he was driving along the Parks Highway near Chulitna. the time and position of the funnel cloud are estimated based upon conversations with Matt about the event. Matt took digital pictures of this.
- Funnel Cloud in Alaska, July 31, 2007Although there was no significant synoptic scale weather system, airmass convection broke out over Southern SE Alaska early on the morning of Tuesday, July 31st.
- Funnel Cloud in Alaska, July 13, 2008A cold front pushed across the interior of Alaska on the 13th. This produced Thunderstorms along the Alaska Range. A person floating down the Delta River 5 miles north of Eureka Creek photographed a funnel cloud around 1015 AM.
- Funnel Cloud in Alaska, September 7, 2009A funnel cloud was observed on the FAA web camera from the Bethel airport to the southeast of Bethel the evening of September 7th.
- Funnel Cloud in Alaska, May 26, 2009Thunderstorms along the Chugach Mountains near Anchorage produced a funnel cloud near Wolverine Peak around 6 PM AKDT May 26th.
- Funnel Cloud in Alaska, July 20, 2014A fair weather water spout formed over Turnagain Arm the morning of July 20th. This was photographed by person living on the Anchorage Hillside at 7:20 AM.
- Funnel Cloud in Alaska, August 8, 2015A possible funnel cloud was observed at Denali Park. It was photographed about 2 miles east of East Fork cabin from the Park road.
- Funnel Cloud in Alaska, August 29, 2024Showers developing near a weak low moving over the Gulf of Alaska fueled by seasonably warm ocean surface temperatures coupled with cool air aloft near the low produced at least one waterspout documented by a mariner south of Resurrection Bay.
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.