High Wind Warning Issued for Atka and Adak, Alaska
This alert is no longer in effect.
NOAA issued it on May 2, 2026, 3 months ago. Warnings of this kind stay in effect for hours to a few days, so this page is a historical record of what was issued, not a current warning. For conditions where you are right now, check weather.gov (US), weather.gc.ca (Canada), the Met Office (UK), or the Bureau of Meteorology (Australia).
Areazine synthesizes this NWS weather alert directly from NOAA's official public data feed. See our methodology for full source attribution and refresh cadence.
A High Wind Warning is in effect for Atka and Adak from 7 PM Saturday to 4 PM AKDT Sunday, with southwest winds of 45 to 60 mph and gusts up to 80 mph expected, potentially causing damage and power outages.
Read this weather record in 30 seconds
- Record type
- High Wind Warning
- Affected area
- Atka and Adak, Alaska
- Issued
- May 2, 2026
- Issuing authority
- NWS Anchorage AK
Wind notices are issued against local thresholds and a defined time window. Confirm both in the original notice before making a current-condition decision.
Record status: historical. It was issued 3 months ago; use the issuing agency's live warning service for current conditions in Atka and Adak, Alaska.
High Wind Warning for Atka and Adak
Alert Details
The High Wind Warning has been issued by NWS Anchorage AK. It is effective from 7 PM Saturday to 4 PM AKDT Sunday.
Affected Areas
The warning affects Atka and Adak in Alaska.
What You Should Do
People are urged to secure loose objects that could be blown around or damaged by the wind. Prepare for the possibility of widespread power outages.
Expected Conditions
Southwest winds 45 to 60 mph with gusts up to 80 mph are expected. Strong easterly winds will move in Saturday morning, with the highest winds beginning when winds turn southerly Saturday evening. There may be a period of weaker winds Saturday night, followed by another round of westerly high winds on Sunday morning, which will slowly decrease as the low moves north and weakens.
Timeline
The alert is effective from 2026-04-25T19:00:00-08:00 and ends on 2026-04-26T16:00:00-08:00.
Original source: NOAA Official Notice ↗
Related Weather Alerts
All Weather Alerts →Nationwide notices with similar length or severity timing 8
Two Areazine-derived peer sets for this NWS weather alert: nearest notices by body length and by same severity near the same agency date. Peers come from other categories so they are not the same-feed Related list above.
Similar body length
Nearest notices by article body length (924 characters here).
Similar severity timing
Same severity (high) notices issued closest in time to May 2, 2026.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about this NWS weather alert.