High Wind in Alaska, August 4, 1996

Name: High Wind in Alaska, August 4, 1996
Start: 1996-08-04T00:00
End: 1996-08-04T23:59
Location: Alaska

August 4, 1996 · NWS AFC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

moving rapidly northeast before making landfall near Cape Newenham at 4pm Sunday as a 1013mb center with a frontal system arcing south and southwest. Winds inadvance of the front reached 43 mph at Cold Bay Sunday.

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 small frontal low developed just north of Adak late Saturday...moving rapidly northeast before making landfall near Cape Newenham at 4pm Sunday as a 1013mb center with a frontal system arcing south and southwest. Winds inadvance of the front reached 43 mph at Cold Bay Sunday.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Eastern Chichagof Island

When: August 4, 12:00 AM AST to 11:59 PM AST
Where: Eastern Chichagof Island forecast zone
Measured: 37 kt (43 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, August 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: 5560959.