High Wind, Eastern Chichagof Island
- When
- March 23, 12:00 AM AST to March 24, 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Eastern Chichagof Island forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, March 23 to 24, 1996
A deep 960 mb low moved through the Komandorskiye Islands Saturday. A moderate weather front ahead of the low moved into the central Aleutians Saturday and extended from the Gulf of Anadyr into southwest Alaska and Bristol Bay Sunday afternoon.
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 deep 960 mb low moved through the Komandorskiye Islands Saturday. A moderate weather front ahead of the low moved into the central Aleutians Saturday and extended from the Gulf of Anadyr into southwest Alaska and Bristol Bay Sunday afternoon. On Saturday, brisk southeasterly winds ahead of the front reached 60 mph at Shemya. On Sunday, gusts reached 54 mph at Saint Paul, 55 mph at Cold Bay, 47 mph at Cape Newenham, 48 mph at Mekoryuk, 50 mph at Cape Romanzof, 46 mph at Bethel and 48 mph at the village of Saint Mary's.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area
- When
- March 23, 12:00 AM AST to March 24, 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
High Wind, Cape Decision to Salisbury Sound Coastal Area
- When
- March 23, 12:00 AM AST to March 24, 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Cape Decision to Salisbury Sound Coastal Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 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
- High Wind in New Mexico, March 23, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, March 23 to 25, 1996
- Winter Storm in North Dakota, March 23 to 25, 1996
- High Wind in Kansas, March 23, 1996
- Blizzard in South Dakota, March 23 to 24, 1996
- Blizzard in North Dakota, March 23 to 24, 1996
- Blizzard in North Dakota, March 23 to 24, 1996
- Blizzard in Minnesota, March 23 to 24, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, March 23, 1996
- Blizzard in Wyoming, March 23 to 24, 1996
- Winter Storm in Wisconsin, March 23 to 25, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, March 23 to 25, 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: 5540326, 5540327, 5540328.