KinwarnAlaska tornado warnings
The National Weather Service issued 0 tornado warnings, 6 severe thunderstorm warnings and 0 flash flood warnings for Alaska from 2016 to 2025, about 0, 0.6 and 0 a year.
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Alaska boroughs and census areas ranked by tornado warnings
Warnings that listed each borough, 2016 to 2025, and tornadoes recorded in the borough since 1950. A warning can list several boroughs and census areas, so the borough numbers add up to more than the state total.
| Borough | Tornado warnings | Severe thunderstorm | Flash flood | Tornadoes since 1950 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Fairbanks North Star Borough | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Aleutians East Borough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aleutians West Census Area | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anchorage Municipality | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bethel Census Area | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bristol Bay Borough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chugach Census Area | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| City and Borough of Wrangell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Copper River Census Area | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denali Borough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dillingham Census Area | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Haines Borough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hoonah-Angoon Census Area | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Juneau City and Borough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenai Peninsula Borough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ketchikan Gateway Borough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kodiak Island Borough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kusilvak Census Area | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lake and Peninsula Borough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nome Census Area | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| North Slope Borough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Northwest Arctic Borough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Petersburg Borough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sitka City and Borough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Skagway Municipality | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yakutat City and Borough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Alaska warnings by year
Each warning counts once for the state, however many boroughs and census areas it covered. 2008 is the first full year the National Weather Service drew an outline around every warning.
Tornadoes since 1950
5 tornadoes have been recorded in Alaska since 1950. June had the most (2).
| Year | Tornado | Severe thunderstorm | Flash flood |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 to Oct 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What stands out in Alaska
The National Weather Service has not issued a tornado warning for Alaska since 2008.
No warning for Alaska has been raised to a tornado emergency or a flash flood emergency since 2008. Those are the rare warnings the Weather Service issues when a severe threat to life is happening or about to happen.
None of Alaska’s severe thunderstorm warnings carried the “destructive” tag (winds of 80 mph or more, or hail 2.75 inches or larger) since it started in August 2021, so none of them set off Wireless Emergency Alerts on phones.
All 5 rated tornadoes recorded in Alaska since 1950 were F0 or EF0, the weakest on the scale.
National Weather Service warnings from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet archive through October 19, 2026; tornado ratings from the Storm Prediction Center and NOAA Storm Events.
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Alaska tornado warnings: questions people ask
How many tornado warnings does Alaska get a year?
None from 2016 to 2025. The National Weather Service issued no tornado warnings for Alaska in those ten years.
About these numbers
Counts are National Weather Service warnings that listed an Alaska borough, through October 19, 2026. How Kinwarn counts · Alaska data (CSV)
Cite: Kinwarn. “Alaska tornado warnings.” kinwarn.com/alaska. National Weather Service data through October 19, 2026.
Sources: IEM warning archive · NWS 2007 outlines · SPC tornado database · Census places · Census population estimates · NWS tornado alerts