High Wind, Eastern Baranof Island and Southern Admiralty Island
- When
- September 8, 2:00 AM AST to 11:00 PM AST
- Where
- Eastern Baranof Island and Southern Admiralty Island forecast zone
- Measured
- 39 kt (45 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, September 8, 1996
A moderate Arctic cold front moved south over the area. Highest sustained winds at Gambell were 39 kts.
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.
A moderate Arctic cold front moved south over the area. Highest sustained winds at Gambell were 39 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
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, September 8 to 9, 1996
- Flood in Virginia, September 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in Hawaii, September 8 to 9, 1996
- Tornado in Florida, September 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in Maryland, September 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, September 8, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, September 8, 1996
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in New Jersey, September 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, September 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, September 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, September 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, September 8, 1996
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, September 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: 5571709.