High Wind, Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area
- When
- November 11, 12:00 AM AST to 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 45 kt (52 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, November 11, 1996
A moderate, nearly north-south front in the central Aleutians brought southerly wind gusts near 52 mph to several ships around Adak and also to the south central Bering buoy.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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, nearly north-south front in the central Aleutians brought southerly wind gusts near 52 mph to several ships around Adak and also to the south central Bering buoy.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Eastern Chichagof Island
- When
- November 11, 12:00 AM AST to 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Eastern Chichagof Island forecast zone
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 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
- Ice Storm in Alaska, November 11 to 12, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New York, November 11 to 13, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New York, November 11 to 14, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New York, November 11 to 12, 1996
- Freezing Fog in Montana, November 11 to 14, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New York, November 11 to 13, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New York, November 11 to 13, 1996
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, November 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: 5573303, 5573304.