High Wind, Glacier Bay
- When
- May 7, 12:00 AM AST to 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Glacier Bay forecast zone
- Measured
- 49 kt (56 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, May 7, 1996
triggering brisk northwest winds. Wind gusts of 56 mph were reported at Sitkinak Island (just off the southwest tip of Kodiak Island).
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.
Remains of an old front moved southeastward by Kodiak Island...triggering brisk northwest winds. Wind gusts of 56 mph were reported at Sitkinak Island (just off the southwest tip of Kodiak Island).
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
- Flooding in Kentucky, May 7 to 29, 1996
- Tornado in Wyoming, May 7, 1996
- Flash Flood in Missouri, May 7, 1996
- Hail in Alabama, May 7, 1996
- Hail in Georgia, May 7, 1996
- Cold in New York, May 7, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, May 7 to 8, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, May 7, 1996
- Flood in Missouri, May 7 to 12, 1996
- Flood in Missouri, May 7 to 17, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, May 7, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, May 7, 1996
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, May 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: 5549103.