High Wind in Alaska, March 11 to 12, 1996

Name: High Wind in Alaska, March 11 to 12, 1996
Start: 1996-03-11T00:00
End: 1996-03-12T23:59
Location: Alaska

March 11 to 12, 1996 · NWS AFC · 5 events in 5 counties and zones

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 5

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.

An intense 957 mb low in the extreme northcentral Pacific moved north between Dutch Harbor and Adak late Monday night and early Tuesday. The low moved into the southern Bering Sea and began to weaken late Tuesday. The weather front associated with this low elongated north and east...into Bristol Bay and just southwest of Kodiak Island early Tuesday...weakening from the southwest coast of the state to a weak low near Middleton Island late Tuesday. Strong east and southeast winds developed ahead of the front Monday...gradually diminishing late Tuesday. Strong winds were also observed in the southeast quadrant of the low. Peak winds at reporting stations from this system follow:Location Day Wind (mph)Sitkinak Island Tuesday 44Egegik Tuesday 41Cape Newenham Tuesday 61Port Heiden Monday 43Saint Paul Island Monday 52Cold Bay Tuesday 64Dutch Harbor Monday 53Middleton Island Tuesday 55

Event by event

5 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Glacier Bay

When: March 11, 12:00 AM AST to March 12, 11:59 PM AST
Where: Glacier Bay forecast zone
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph)

High Wind, Eastern Chichagof Island

When: March 11, 12:00 AM AST to March 12, 11:59 PM AST
Where: Eastern Chichagof Island forecast zone
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph)

High Wind, Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area

When: March 11, 12:00 AM AST to March 12, 11:59 PM AST
Where: Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area forecast zone
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph)

High Wind, Cape Decision to Salisbury Sound Coastal Area

When: March 11, 12:00 AM AST to March 12, 11:59 PM AST
Where: Cape Decision to Salisbury Sound Coastal Area forecast zone
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph)

High Wind, Haines Borough and Lynn Canal

When: March 11, 12:00 AM AST to March 12, 11:59 PM AST
Where: Haines Borough and Lynn Canal forecast zone
Measured: 56 kt (64 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, 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: 5540319, 5540320, 5540321, 5540322, 5540323.