High Wind in Alaska, April 5 to 6, 1996

Name: High Wind in Alaska, April 5 to 6, 1996
Start: 1996-04-05T00:00
End: 1996-04-06T23:59
Location: Alaska

April 5 to 6, 1996 · NWS AFC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A moderate 974 mb low between Kodiak and Middleton Island caused wind gusts of 45 mph at Seal Island (in Prince William Sound) on Friday and 47 mph at Middleton Island on Saturday.

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.

A moderate 974 mb low between Kodiak and Middleton Island caused wind gusts of 45 mph at Seal Island (in Prince William Sound) on Friday and 47 mph at Middleton Island on Saturday.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Haines Borough and Lynn Canal

When: April 5, 12:00 AM AST to April 6, 11:59 PM AST
Where: Haines Borough and Lynn Canal forecast zone
Measured: 41 kt (47 mph)

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

Every storm in Alaska in 1996 Every state in 1996 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5540792.