Tornado in Alaska
Every tornado event the National Weather Service has filed in Alaska, year by year, with the most significant episodes. A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
The most significant on the map
The most significant tornado 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
- 4
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- None recorded
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Tornado in Alaska, June 14, 2004The thermal trough typical across the interior of Alaska in the summer months extended southwest into the Kuskokwim Delta. Along this trough convection built up and the convective cells were shooting up along a boundary just north of Bethel.
- Tornado in Alaska, June 18, 2004A Pilot flying into Bethel reported seeing a funnel cloud 60 NM west of Bethel. The pilot altered course to take a closer look at the funnel cloud and observed a tornado with swirling water and dust at the ground.
- Tornado in Alaska, July 25, 2005Unstable conditions from Bristol bay extended out to the Alaska Peninsula Monday July 25th. Pictures from the public and discussions with the photographers confirmed the tornado did touch down several times and lifted debris from the ground.
- Tornado in Alaska, April 19, 2024A weak landspout was observed near Rusty Point, AK, by a member of the general public in Anchorage. A lenticular cloud was noted over the mountain peak at the time, which was attached to the landspout.
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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.