Alaska, 1997

High Wind in Alaska, April 28, 1997

April 28, 1997 · NWS AFC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A weakening front, approaching the central North Gulf Coast Monday, brought wind gusts near 40 mph to Middleton Island.

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 weakening front, approaching the central North Gulf Coast Monday, brought wind gusts near 40 mph to Middleton Island.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Central Gulf Coast

When
April 28, 2:00 AM AST to 4:00 PM AST
Where
Central Gulf Coast forecast zone
Measured
35 kt (40 mph)

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

More

Every storm in Alaska in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, April 1997

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: 5620797.