High Wind, Eastern Chichagof Island
- When
- June 22, 12:00 AM AST to June 23, 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Eastern Chichagof Island forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, June 22 to 23, 1996
A large, deep 970mb low in the central north Pacific moved to Adak late Sunday morning with a moderate front in a southeast arc through Dutch Harbor. The low then drifted into the extreme south central Bering Sea early Monday.
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 large, deep 970mb low in the central north Pacific moved to Adak late Sunday morning with a moderate front in a southeast arc through Dutch Harbor. The low then drifted into the extreme south central Bering Sea early Monday. The front elongated north and east...extending in an arc through Saint Lawrence Island to McGrath then into Kachemak Bay and southward at 4am Monday. The front then moved into the northcentral Alaskan interior and central Gulf of Alaska Monday evening...weakening. The parent low began to weaken 300 miles northwest of Dutch Harbor at 4am Tuesday.On both Saturday and Sunday...winds reached 52 mph in gusts at Shemya.On Sunday...gusts reached 48 mph at Saint Paul, 60 mph at Cold Bay, 64 mph at Port Heiden and 54 mph at Cape Newenham.On Monday...gusts reached 44 mph at Adak.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Cape Decision to Salisbury Sound Coastal Area
- When
- June 23, 12:00 AM AST to 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Cape Decision to Salisbury Sound Coastal Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 42 kt (48 mph)
High Wind, Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area
- When
- June 23, 12:00 AM AST to 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 45 kt (52 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
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 22 to 23, 1996
- Heat in South Carolina, June 22, 1996
- Heat in Missouri, June 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, June 22, 1996
- Tornadoes in Pennsylvania, June 22, 1996
- Flood in Nebraska, June 22 to 23, 1996
- Tornado in Michigan, June 22, 1996
- Flash Flood in Michigan, June 22, 1996
- Flash Flood in Michigan, June 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in New York, June 22, 1996
- Tornado in New York, June 22, 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: 5544041, 5544042, 5544043.