High Wind, Bristol Bay Coastal
- When
- August 30, 12:00 AM AST to 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Bristol Bay Coastal forecast zone
- Measured
- 44 kt (51 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, August 30, 1997
A moderate eastern Bering Sea low intensified to 984mbs. and moved to just north of Nunivak Island at 10am Saturday.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 eastern Bering Sea low intensified to 984mbs. and moved to just north of Nunivak Island at 10am Saturday. The low then moved east into the Yukon-Kuskokwim River Delta area and began to slowly weaken. Brisk southeasterly winds preceded the low...gusting to 51 mph in both areas.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta
- When
- August 30, 12:00 AM AST to 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta forecast zone
- Measured
- 44 kt (51 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
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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: 5619460, 5619461.