High Wind, Glacier Bay
- When
- December 12, 12:00 PM AST to 1:00 PM AST
- Where
- Glacier Bay forecast zone
- Measured
- 41 kt (47 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, December 12, 1996
continued to pull cold air across Kodiak Island. Wind gusts reached 43 mph on Tuesday and 47 mph Thursday between noon and 1 pm.
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.
Persistent low pressure in the Gulf of Alaska...as low as 965 mbs...continued to pull cold air across Kodiak Island. Wind gusts reached 43 mph on Tuesday and 47 mph Thursday between noon and 1 pm.
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
- Lightning Strike in Georgia, December 12, 1996
- Flood in Nevada, December 12, 1996
- Tornado in California, December 12, 1996
- Heavy Rain in New Jersey, December 12 to 14, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, December 12, 1996
- Dense Fog in Iowa, December 12, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Maryland, December 12 to 14, 1996
- Hail in Alabama, December 12, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, December 12 to 13, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Delaware, December 12 to 14, 1996
- Flooding in California, December 12, 1996
- Hail in Arkansas, December 12, 1996
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, December 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: 5579245.