High Wind, Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area
- When
- November 7, 12:00 AM AST to 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 44 kt (51 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, November 7, 1996
Strong high pressure in the eastern Aleutians combined with a moderate north-south front near the Komandorskiye Islands to produce strong southerly winds across the western Aleutians. where reports now are infrequently available.
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.
Strong high pressure in the eastern Aleutians combined with a moderate north-south front near the Komandorskiye Islands to produce strong southerly winds across the western Aleutians. Wind gusts reached at least 51 mph at Shemya...where reports now are infrequently available.
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 Georgia, November 7 to 8, 1996
- Tornado in Tennessee, November 7, 1996
- Flash Flood in Oklahoma, November 7, 1996
- Tornado in Alabama, November 7, 1996
- Tornado in Texas, November 7, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, November 7, 1996
- Tornado in Georgia, November 7, 1996
- Ice Storm in Alaska, November 7, 1996
- Tornado in Kentucky, November 7, 1996
- Tornadoes in Mississippi, November 7, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, November 7, 1996
- Tornado in Kentucky, November 7, 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: 5573299.