High Wind, Taiya Inlet and Klondike Highway
- When
- February 6, 12:00 AM AST to 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Taiya Inlet and Klondike Highway forecast zone
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, February 6, 1996
A strong 952 mb low developed on the arctic front 300 miles south of Kodiak Monday. The low then drifted north into the Kenai Peninsula Tuesday.
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 strong 952 mb low developed on the arctic front 300 miles south of Kodiak Monday. The low then drifted north into the Kenai Peninsula Tuesday. Winds reached 75 mph at Sitkinak Island (just south of Kodiak Island), 63 mph at Seward, 53 mph at both Middleton Island and Seal Island (in Prince William Sound), 52 mph at Whittier and 48 mph at Kodiak. Locally heavy precipitation also accompanied this low in and near western Prince William Sound (1.5-2.00 inches liquid equivalent). Unofficial snowfall in the Kenai and Chugach mountain ranges exceeded 2 ft in a 24 hour period.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Haines Borough and Lynn Canal
- When
- February 6, 12:00 AM AST to 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Haines Borough and Lynn Canal forecast zone
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
High Wind, Glacier Bay
- When
- February 6, 12:00 AM AST to 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Glacier Bay forecast zone
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 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: 5541030, 5541031, 5541032.