High Wind, Haines Borough and Lynn Canal
- When
- March 1, 12:00 AM AST to March 2, 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Haines Borough and Lynn Canal forecast zone
- Measured
- 39 kt (45 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, March 1 to 2, 1996
Wind gusts of 52 mph were reported at Whittier, in western Prince William Sound, both days. These winds are typical "outflow" winds from the mainland and may also occur in other mainland passages adjacent to Prince William Sound.
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.
Wind gusts of 52 mph were reported at Whittier, in western Prince William Sound, both days. These winds are typical "outflow" winds from the mainland and may also occur in other mainland passages adjacent to Prince William Sound.
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
- Drought in Kansas, March 1 to 31, 1996
- Drought in New Mexico, March 1 to 31, 1996
- Winter Storm in Virginia, March 1 to 2, 1996
- High Wind in Nebraska, March 1, 1996
- High Wind in Wyoming, March 1, 1996
- Winter Storm in Maryland, March 1 to 2, 1996
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, March 1 to 2, 1996
- Blizzard in Wyoming, March 1, 1996
- Blizzard in Wyoming, March 1, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, March 1 to 2, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, March 1 to 2, 1996
- Flood in Ohio, March 1, 1996
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, March 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: 5569784.