Alaska, 1996

High Wind in Alaska, May 7 to 8, 1996

May 7 to 8, 1996 · NWS AFC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Moderate high pressure in western and northern Alaska combined with weak low pressure in the Gulf of Alaska to produce wind gusts of 56 mph on Tuesday and 47 mph on Wednesday at Sitkinak (just southwest 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.

Moderate high pressure in western and northern Alaska combined with weak low pressure in the Gulf of Alaska to produce wind gusts of 56 mph on Tuesday and 47 mph on Wednesday at Sitkinak (just southwest of Kodiak Island).

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Glacier Bay

When
May 7, 12:00 AM AST to May 8, 11:59 PM AST
Where
Glacier Bay forecast zone
Measured
49 kt (56 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

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: 5549104.