High Wind, Eastern Baranof Island and Southern Admiralty Island
- When
- February 5, 12:00 AM AST to February 7, 12:00 PM AST
- Where
- Eastern Baranof Island and Southern Admiralty Island forecast zone
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, February 5 to 7, 1996
Strong High pressure across the Chukchi Sea and North Slope of Alaska, along with strong low pressure centers moving into the Gulf of AK.
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 AFG wrote it up.
Strong High pressure across the Chukchi Sea and North Slope of Alaska, along with strong low pressure centers moving into the Gulf of AK. Strongest winds and gusts reported :Zone 24: GAM 49g57 kts SVA 38g47 kts PATC 53g61 ktsZone 5: PHO 38g43 kts SHH 45g51 kts
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
- Cold in Florida, February 5, 1996
- Frost and Freeze in Florida, February 5, 1996
- Debris Flows in Oregon, February 5 to 9, 1996
- Cold in Alabama, February 5, 1996
- Cold in Alabama, February 5, 1996
- Cold in North Carolina, February 5 to 7, 1996
- Cold in Maryland, February 5 to 7, 1996
- Winter Storm in Oregon, February 5 to 6, 1996
- High Wind in Oregon, February 5 to 6, 1996
- Flooding in Illinois, February 5 to 9, 1996
- Flooding in Missouri, February 5 to 9, 1996
- Cold in Virginia, February 5 to 7, 1996
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, February 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: 5571679.