High Wind, Taiya Inlet and Klondike Highway
- When
- February 9, 12:00 AM AST to February 10, 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Taiya Inlet and Klondike Highway forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, February 9 to 10, 1996
A strong 960 mb low moved up from the northcentral Pacific, weakening 480 miles south of Kodiak Saturday morning. Winds reached 58 mph at Dutch Harbor, 48 mph at Sand Point, 44 mph at Kodiak and 40 mph at Cold Bay on Friday.
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 960 mb low moved up from the northcentral Pacific, weakening 480 miles south of Kodiak Saturday morning. Winds reached 58 mph at Dutch Harbor, 48 mph at Sand Point, 44 mph at Kodiak and 40 mph at Cold Bay on Friday. Gusts reached 61 mph at Sitkinak on Saturday. Wind gusts reached 47 mph at Cantwell and 52 mph at Big River Lakes (southwest side of Cook Inlet) Saturday.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Glacier Bay
- When
- February 9, 12:00 AM AST to February 10, 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Glacier Bay forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
High Wind, Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area
- When
- February 9, 12:00 AM AST to February 10, 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 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
- Flooding in Iowa, February 9 to 12, 1996
- High Wind in Wyoming, February 9, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, February 9, 1996
- Winter Weather in Virginia, February 9, 1996
- Winter Weather in Wisconsin, February 9 to 10, 1996
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, February 9, 1996
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, February 9, 1996
- High Wind in Wyoming, February 9, 1996
- High Wind in Wyoming, February 9, 1996
- High Wind in Montana, February 9, 1996
- Flood in Montana, February 9 to 10, 1996
- Flood in Montana, February 9, 1996
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: 5541036, 5541037, 5541038.