High Wind in Alaska, July 22 to 23, 1996

Name: High Wind in Alaska, July 22 to 23, 1996
Start: 1996-07-22T21:00
End: 1996-07-23T02:00
Location: Alaska

July 22 to 23, 1996 · NWS AFG · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A slow moving storm was just south of the Gulf of Anadyr and the associated weather front was moving north toward the Bering Strait. Zone 5 - PASH (Shishmaref) reported 35 kts for one hour on the 23rd beginning 1100 AST.

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.

A slow moving storm was just south of the Gulf of Anadyr and the associated weather front was moving north toward the Bering Strait. The combination created a strong southerly push of warm air, even though the weather front did not reach the Bering Strait until the next day, after it had greatly weakened.Cape Prince of Wales PMEL Platform reported winds south 36 to 40 kts sustained.PATC (Tin City) AWOS reported sustained south winds at 35 kts at 2300 AST, just before the wind instrument on the AWOS stopped reporting.Zone 5 - PASH (Shishmaref) reported 35 kts for one hour on the 23rd beginning 1100 AST. PAPO (Point Hope) reported a max of 36 kts sustained during the period 0800-1200 AST on the 23rd. Other localities to the east (PAOT, PASK, PAWN) did not receive as high of winds - about 28-30kt sustained)

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Eastern Baranof Island and Southern Admiralty Island

When: July 22, 9:00 PM AST to July 23, 2:00 AM AST
Where: Eastern Baranof Island and Southern Admiralty Island forecast zone
Measured: 40 kt (46 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

Every storm in Alaska in 1996 Every state in 1996 This day in weather history Warnings in Alaska, July 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: 5571707.