High Wind, Haines Borough and Lynn Canal
- When
- March 27, 12:00 AM AST to 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Haines Borough and Lynn Canal forecast zone
- Measured
- 43 kt (49 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, March 27, 1996
causing locally gusty winds to develop out of mainland channels into Prince William Sound Wednesday. Gusts reached 43 mph at Valdez city and 50 mph at the Valdez airport.
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.
A strong 1042 mb high built into the western interior of Alaska...causing locally gusty winds to develop out of mainland channels into Prince William Sound Wednesday. Gusts reached 43 mph at Valdez city and 50 mph at the Valdez airport. Whittier, also susceptible to cold air "drainage" winds, gusted to 46 mph.
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
- Strong Wind in South Carolina, March 27 to 28, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, March 27 to 28, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Montana, March 27 to 28, 1996
- Winter Storm in Idaho, March 27 to 28, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Montana, March 27 to 28, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Florida, March 27, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Florida, March 27, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Florida, March 27, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, March 27, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, March 27, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, March 27, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, March 27, 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: 5540331.