High Wind in Alaska, March 9 to 10, 1996

Name: High Wind in Alaska, March 9 to 10, 1996
Start: 1996-03-09T00:00
End: 1996-03-10T23:59
Location: Alaska

March 9 to 10, 1996 · NWS AFC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Moderate low pressure developed in the Gulf of Alaska. Moderate high pressure persisted across the extreme northern Interior of Alaska.

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.

Moderate low pressure developed in the Gulf of Alaska. Moderate high pressure persisted across the extreme northern Interior of Alaska. Wind gusts reached 48 mph at Valdez city, 52 mph at Whittier and 47 mph at Seal Island (in Prince William Sound).

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Haines Borough and Lynn Canal

When: March 9, 12:00 AM AST to March 10, 11:59 PM AST
Where: Haines Borough and Lynn Canal 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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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: 5569789.