Middle Yukon Valley, Alaska
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 2023 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
0
Tornado reports
0
Hail reports
1
Floods since 1996
7
All events
0
Deaths
$130K
Property damage
Year by year
All storm eventsTornadoes
NOAA's storm database records tornadoes back to 1950 and hail and thunderstorm wind back to 1955, but floods only from 1996 on. Older floods are missing here. For those, the U.S. Geological Survey's stream gauge records and flood reports are the place to look.
Most significant events
The strongest tornadoes, deadliest events and biggest damage here, up to 50.
Flood Flood
An ice jam near the mouth of the Yuki River released a massive surge of water. As this front surged past Galena and Koyukuk, the Galena river gauge recorded a minor flood crest of 124.8 feet on May 15, before slowly receding into action stage (123.7 feet) by May 17.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
A heavy snow event impacted the Middle Yukon Valley, where a Winter Storm Warning was in effect from 1121AKST on February 21 through 2112AKST on February 23, 2026. The Galena SNOTEL reported snow accumulation of seven inches between 0600AKST and 1800AKST on February 23. The verif…
High Wind High Wind
A peak wind gust of 60 mph was recorded at the Kaiyuh Slough RAWS site (KAIA2) near Kaltag at 0921AKST on October 12th. The ASOS site at Galena (PAGA) reported numerous wind gusts exceeding 50 mph. Winds gusted to 71 mph at the USArray station (J19KX) in Poorman, 45 miles south R…
High Wind High Wind
High winds developed during the early morning hours of April 11th at Poorman USARRAY site (J19KZ). Wind gusts up to 59 mph were reported.
High Wind High Wind
The Shaktoolik River (SHKA2) RAWS site reported winds gusts up to 62 mph.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
The Kaltag ASOS reported 0.79 inches of precipitation, using a 10:1 snow ratio, an estimated 7.9 inches of snow fell in less than 2 hours.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
The Galena (GANA2) SNOTEL reported 8 inches of snowfall in 24 hours with a storm total of 12 inches of snow.
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 |
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