High Wind, Cape Decision to Salisbury Sound Coastal Area
- When
- January 27, 12:00 AM AST to January 28, 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Cape Decision to Salisbury Sound Coastal Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, January 27 to 28, 1996
Another, in a series, of lows moved through the central Aleutians deepening to 966 mbs before curving northwestward toward Cape Navarin along the Russian coast and weakening. The front associated with this low moved eastward across the Bering and into southwest Alaska Sunday.
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.
Another, in a series, of lows moved through the central Aleutians deepening to 966 mbs before curving northwestward toward Cape Navarin along the Russian coast and weakening. The front associated with this low moved eastward across the Bering and into southwest Alaska Sunday. Strong winds occurred with the low and ahead of the front. On Saturday, winds reached 45 mph at Adak, 56 mph at Saint Paul, 47 mph at Mekoryuk (on Nunivak Island) and 55 mph at Cape Romanzof. On Sunday, winds reached 67 mph at Cold Bay, 55 mph at Farewell Lakes (western Alaska Range), 43 mph at Shemya, 40 mph at Sand Point, 47 mph at Port heiden, 48 mph at Togiak, 45 mph at Egegik, 41 mph at Iliamna and King Salmon and 47 mph at Bethel and Saint Mary's.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Eastern Chichagof Island
- When
- January 27, 12:00 AM AST to January 28, 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Eastern Chichagof Island forecast zone
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
High Wind, Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area
- When
- January 27, 12:00 AM AST to January 28, 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 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 Pennsylvania, January 27 to 28, 1996
- Flooding in New Jersey, January 27 to 31, 1996
- Flooding in Maine, January 27 to 30, 1996
- High Wind in New York, January 27, 1996
- Flooding in New York, January 27, 1996
- High Wind in New York, January 27, 1996
- High Wind in Vermont, January 27, 1996
- Flooding in New York, January 27 to 28, 1996
- High Wind in Maine, January 27 to 28, 1996
- Flooding in New York, January 27 to 28, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, January 27, 1996
- Flood in Connecticut, January 27 to 30, 1996
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, January 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: 5540834, 5540836, 5540837.