High Wind, Southern Southeast Alaska Ernest Sound to Dixon Entrance
- When
- December 12, 5:00 AM AST to 6:00 PM AST
- Where
- Southern Southeast Alaska Ernest Sound to Dixon Entrance forecast zone
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, December 12, 1997
High winds occurred in southern Southeast Alaska when a strong low moved up the Gulf of Alaska coast. Peak wind gusts reported were 61kt at Metlakatla Harbor, 44kt at Annette Island Harbor, 61kt at Ketchikan airport, and 58kt at Hydaberg.
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 AJK wrote it up.
High winds occurred in southern Southeast Alaska when a strong low moved up the Gulf of Alaska coast. Peak wind gusts reported were 61kt at Metlakatla Harbor, 44kt at Annette Island Harbor, 61kt at Ketchikan airport, and 58kt at Hydaberg.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
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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: 5623878.