High Wind, Eastern Chichagof Island
- When
- February 19, 12:00 AM AST to February 21, 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Eastern Chichagof Island forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, February 19 to 21, 1996
A moderate 983 mb low moved eastward across the Bering Sea to near Saint Paul Island Wednesday afternoon. The associated front moved across the western Aleutians late Monday and early Tuesday into the southwest Alaska mainland and toward Kodiak Island Wednesday 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 983 mb low moved eastward across the Bering Sea to near Saint Paul Island Wednesday afternoon. The associated front moved across the western Aleutians late Monday and early Tuesday into the southwest Alaska mainland and toward Kodiak Island Wednesday morning. Winds reached 54 mph at Adak on Tuesday. On Wednesday gusts reached 55 mph at Shemya, 54 mph at Saint Paul Island, 59 mph at Dutch Harbor, 64 mph at Cold Bay and 45 mph at Port Heiden.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area
- When
- February 19, 12:00 AM AST to February 21, 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
High Wind, Cape Decision to Salisbury Sound Coastal Area
- When
- February 19, 12:00 AM AST to February 21, 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Cape Decision to Salisbury Sound Coastal Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 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
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More
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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: 5541052, 5541053, 5541054.