High Wind, Eastern Chichagof Island
- When
- May 3, 12:00 AM AST to May 6, 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Eastern Chichagof Island forecast zone
- Measured
- 39 kt (45 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, May 3 to 6, 1996
A moderate north-south front from the eastern Bering Sea into the central North Pacific produced moderate southeast wind gusts at Cold Bay, along the Alaska Peninsula. Wind gusts reached 43 mph on May 3, 40 mph on May 4, 43 mph on May 5 and 45 mph on May 6.
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 moderate north-south front from the eastern Bering Sea into the central North Pacific produced moderate southeast wind gusts at Cold Bay, along the Alaska Peninsula. Wind gusts reached 43 mph on May 3, 40 mph on May 4, 43 mph on May 5 and 45 mph on May 6.
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
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- Tornado in Indiana, May 3, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Illinois, May 3, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, May 3, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 3, 1996
- Heat in Alaska, May 3, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Montana, May 3, 1996
More
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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: 5549102.