High Wind, Western Alaska Peninsula
- When
- August 2, 11:51 AM AST
- Where
- Western Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, August 2 to 3, 1997
The remains of tropical storm "Scott" raced northward through the central Aleutians and through the central Bering Sea. Very strong southwesterly winds were observed along the "back" side of the low.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
The remains of tropical storm "Scott" raced northward through the central Aleutians and through the central Bering Sea. Very strong southwesterly winds were observed along the "back" side of the low. Central pressure remained constant at around 978mbs. Gusts reached 59 mph at Cold Bay at 11:51 am Saturday, 45 mph at Saint George and 39 mph at Saint Paul (Pribilofs) Sunday morning, 49 mph at Bethel at 5:23 pm Sunday and 69 mph just south of Adak Saturday morning. A "possible distress" was logged by the Coast Guard involving the F/V "Maria N", which was caught in the storm. On scene weather at 430 pm (near Adak) was reported as winds west 52 mph and seas 20 ft.
Event by event
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Eastern Aleutians
- When
- August 2, 12:00 PM AST to August 3, 4:00 AM AST
- Where
- Eastern Aleutians forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
High Wind, St. Paul Island
- When
- August 3, 12:00 AM AST to 12:00 PM AST
- Where
- St. Paul Island forecast zone
- Measured
- 39 kt (45 mph)
High Wind, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta
- When
- August 3, 5:53 PM AST
- Where
- Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta forecast zone
- Measured
- 49 kt (56 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, August 2 to 31, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, August 2, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Montana, August 2 to 27, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 2, 1997
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, August 2, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in South Dakota, August 2, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 2, 1997
- Hail in Colorado, August 2, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 2, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Idaho, August 2, 1997
- Cold in Alabama, August 2, 1997
- Cold in Alabama, August 2, 1997
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, August 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: 5601815, 5602806, 5601816, 5601814.