High Wind, Western Alaska Peninsula
- When
- April 8, 12:00 PM AST to 1:00 PM AST
- Where
- Western Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, April 8 to 11, 1997
A moderate front associated with an intense 960mb low 360 miles south of Cold Bay brought moderate southeasterly winds to Kodiak Island, the Alaska Peninsula and Bristol Bay Tuesday and Wednesday. the front extended from the Alaska Peninsula into the northeast Pacific.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 moderate front associated with an intense 960mb low 360 miles south of Cold Bay brought moderate southeasterly winds to Kodiak Island, the Alaska Peninsula and Bristol Bay Tuesday and Wednesday. Tuesday afternoon...the front extended from the Alaska Peninsula into the northeast Pacific. By 4am Wednesday morning...the front extended in a wide arc through the eastern Aleutians, Port Heiden and southeastward through a point about 180 miles south of Kodiak.By late Wednesday afternoon...the front began weakening from near Saint George Island to eastern Bristol Bay and just south of Sitkinak Island (just southwest of Kodiak Island). Brisk easterly winds preceded the front...gusting from 50 to 60 mph at several locations. Cold Bay reported a peak wind of 58 mph Tuesday...while King Salmon recorded a gust of 53 mph Wednesday. Wind gusts reached 40 mph at Kodiak from the east Wednesday and 40 mph from the northeast on Friday. In addition, Kodiak set a one day precipitation record for the month of April...2.99 inches.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Kodiak Island-Eastern Alaska Peninsula
- When
- April 9, 12:00 AM AST to April 11, 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Kodiak Island-Eastern Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 mph)
High Wind, Bristol Bay Coastal
- When
- April 9, 12:00 PM AST to 1:00 PM AST
- Where
- Bristol Bay Coastal forecast zone
- Measured
- 46 kt (53 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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Flood in North Dakota, April 8 to 10, 1997
- Flooding in Iowa, April 8 to 30, 1997
- Flooding in Illinois, April 8 to 30, 1997
- Flood in Connecticut, April 8 to 11, 1997
- Flash Flood in Kansas, April 8, 1997
- Heavy Snow in California, April 8, 1997
- Flash Flood in Texas, April 8, 1997
- Funnel Cloud in Hawaii, April 8, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, April 8, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, April 8 to 9, 1997
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: 5620696, 5620790, 5620697.