High Wind, Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM AST to April 2, 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 42 kt (48 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, April 1 to 2, 1996
while a moderate high pressure ridge moved into the northwest Bering Sea. Northerly wind gusts reached 41 mph at Cape Romanzof on Tuesday and 48 mph at Dutch Harbor on Wednesday.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS AFC wrote it up.
Weak low pressure developed near Middleton Island...while a moderate high pressure ridge moved into the northwest Bering Sea. Northerly wind gusts reached 41 mph at Cape Romanzof on Tuesday and 48 mph at Dutch Harbor on Wednesday.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Drought in Texas, April 1 to 30, 1996
- Damaging Wind in California, April 1, 1996
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- Drought in Texas, April 1 to 30, 1996
- Damaging Wind in California, April 1, 1996
- Drought in Texas, April 1 to 30, 1996
- Drought in Texas, April 1 to 30, 1996
- Drought in New Mexico, April 1 to 30, 1996
- Damaging Wind in California, April 1, 1996
- Damaging Wind in California, April 1, 1996
- Tornado in California, April 1, 1996
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, April 1 to 2, 1996
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, April 1996
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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5540783.