Tornadoes · United States · Alaska

Tornadoes in Nome Census Area, Alaska

No tornado has been recorded in Nome Census Area since 1950. Alaska has 5 in the same years.

What Alaska sees

The record has 5 tornadoes in Alaska since 1950. Every one of them, by year and by county.

Nearby

Warnings in force in Nome Census AreaThe forecast for Nome Census AreaThe live radar over Nome Census AreaEvery county in Alaska

What this means

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.

Sources

NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.