High Wind, Eastern Chichagof Island
- When
- February 13, 12:00 AM AST to February 15, 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Eastern Chichagof Island forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, February 13 to 15, 1996
A moderate 976 mb low moved into the extreme western Aleutians Tuesday, weakening to 984 mbs in the central Bering Sea Wednesday morning. The low then turned east, dissipating at the mouth of Kuskokwim Bay Thursday morning.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 976 mb low moved into the extreme western Aleutians Tuesday, weakening to 984 mbs in the central Bering Sea Wednesday morning. The low then turned east, dissipating at the mouth of Kuskokwim Bay Thursday morning. Winds reached 46 mph at Shemya on Tuesday. On Wednesday, peak winds reached 59 mph at Adak, 45 mph at both Cold Bay and Mekoryuk and 43 mph at Saint Paul. On Thursday, winds reached 46 mph at Dutch Harbor on the south quadrant of the low.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area
- When
- February 13, 12:00 AM AST to February 15, 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
High Wind, Cape Decision to Salisbury Sound Coastal Area
- When
- February 13, 12:00 AM AST to February 15, 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Cape Decision to Salisbury Sound Coastal Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 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.
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The same day elsewhere
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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: 5541042, 5541043, 5541044.