High Wind, Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area
- When
- November 30, 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 30, 1996
A vigorous 971mb low moved quickly out of the northwest Pacific toward the extreme western Aleutians. Sustained winds of around 50 mph were reported by several ships very close to the islands.
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 vigorous 971mb low moved quickly out of the northwest Pacific toward the extreme western Aleutians. Sustained winds of around 50 mph were reported by several ships very close to the islands.
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
- Tornado in Louisiana, November 30, 1996
- Tornado in Florida, November 30, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Texas, November 30, 1996
- Tornado in Louisiana, November 30, 1996
- Tornado in Alabama, November 30, 1996
- Tornado in Texas, November 30, 1996
- Tornado in Mississippi, November 30, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, November 30, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, November 30, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, November 30, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Washington, November 30, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, November 30, 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: 5573322.