High Wind, Eastern Baranof Island and Southern Admiralty Island
- When
- September 21, 11:00 PM AST to September 22, 11:00 AM AST
- Where
- Eastern Baranof Island and Southern Admiralty Island forecast zone
- Measured
- 41 kt (47 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, September 21 to 22, 1996
Low pressure of 1002 mb over Seward Peninsula was stationary while High pressure over Russia Far East intensified. The Low finally extended south toward Bethel and the winds diminished some.
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 AFG wrote it up.
Low pressure of 1002 mb over Seward Peninsula was stationary while High pressure over Russia Far East intensified. The Low finally extended south toward Bethel and the winds diminished some. Highest sustained winds at Gambell were 40 kts.
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
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- Hail in Texas, September 21, 1996
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- Flash Flood in Texas, September 21, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, September 21, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, September 21, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, September 21, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, September 21, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Mississippi, September 21, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, September 21, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Florida, September 21, 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: 5571710.