High Wind, Glacier Bay
- When
- February 8, 12:00 AM AST to 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Glacier Bay forecast zone
- Measured
- 38 kt (44 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, February 8, 1996
An arctic low moved out of Bristol Bay, by Kodiak Island and up into Prince William Sound. Winds gusted to 44 mph at Sitkinak Island and Kodiak.
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.
An arctic low moved out of Bristol Bay, by Kodiak Island and up into Prince William Sound. Winds gusted to 44 mph at Sitkinak Island and Kodiak.
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
- Heavy Rain in West Virginia, February 8, 1996
- Flood in Idaho, February 8 to 20, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 8 to 11, 1996
- Winter Weather in Wisconsin, February 8, 1996
- High Wind in Oregon, February 8 to 9, 1996
- Flood in Idaho, February 8 to 20, 1996
- Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, February 8, 1996
- Flood in Montana, February 8 to 10, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, February 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, February 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, February 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, February 8, 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: 5541034.