High Wind, Southern Southeast Alaska Ernest Sound to Dixon Entrance
- When
- December 10, 5:00 AM AST to 3:30 PM AST
- Where
- Southern Southeast Alaska Ernest Sound to Dixon Entrance forecast zone
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, December 10, 1997
lAn intense low pressure system from the Northeast Pacific brought strong winds to the southern portion of the panhandle. Peak wind gusts reported were 74kt in Craig, 53kt in Klawock, 65kt in Ketchikan, 58kt in Hydaberg, and 47kt at Cape Decision.
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 AJK wrote it up.
lAn intense low pressure system from the Northeast Pacific brought strong winds to the southern portion of the panhandle. Peak wind gusts reported were 74kt in Craig, 53kt in Klawock, 65kt in Ketchikan, 58kt in Hydaberg, and 47kt at Cape Decision. There was an unconfirmed report of structural damage--loss of part of a building--in Craig.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Cape Decision to Cape Fairweather-Coastal Area
- When
- December 10, 5:00 AM AST to 3:30 PM AST
- Where
- Cape Decision to Cape Fairweather-Coastal Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 74 kt (85 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
- High Wind and Strong Wind in California, December 10 to 12, 1997
- Winter Weather in Connecticut, December 10 to 11, 1997
- Heavy Snow in New York, December 10, 1997
- Flood in Florida, December 10 to 18, 1997
- Winter Storm in Michigan, December 10, 1997
- Dense Fog in California, December 10, 1997
- Winter Weather in New York, December 10 to 11, 1997
- Heavy Snow in New York, December 10 to 11, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 10, 1997
- Winter Storm in New York, December 10 to 11, 1997
- Tornado in Florida, December 10, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 10, 1997
More
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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: 5623876, 5623877.