High Wind, Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area
- When
- November 18, 12:00 AM AST to 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 42 kt (48 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, November 18, 1996
A 982mb low, just south of Attu Monday afternoon, brought winds between 40 and 50 mph to the extreme western Aleutians and the adjacent offshore waters.
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 982mb low, just south of Attu Monday afternoon, brought winds between 40 and 50 mph to the extreme western Aleutians and the adjacent offshore waters.
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
- Winter Storm in Montana, November 18 to 20, 1996
- Flooding in Oregon, November 18 to 23, 1996
- Debris Flows in Oregon, November 18 to 20, 1996
- High Wind in Nevada, November 18, 1996
- Winter Storm in Montana, November 18 to 19, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Montana, November 18 to 19, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, November 18 to 19, 1996
- High Wind in Colorado, November 18, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, November 18, 1996
- Flood in Missouri, November 18 to 20, 1996
- High Wind in California, November 18 to 19, 1996
- High Wind in California, November 18 to 19, 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: 5573314.