High Wind, Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision-Coastal Area
- When
- December 21, 4:00 PM AST to December 22, 6:00 AM AST
- Where
- Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision-Coastal Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 46 kt (53 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, December 21 to 22, 1997
Strong and gusty winds occurred over the southern panhandle as an occlusion moved across the area. Peak wind gusts reported were 46kt at Hydaberg and 44kt at Metlakatla Harbor.
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.
Strong and gusty winds occurred over the southern panhandle as an occlusion moved across the area. Peak wind gusts reported were 46kt at Hydaberg and 44kt at Metlakatla Harbor.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Southern Southeast Alaska Ernest Sound to Dixon Entrance
- When
- December 21, 4:00 PM AST to December 22, 6:00 AM AST
- Where
- Southern Southeast Alaska Ernest Sound to Dixon Entrance 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
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in New Mexico, December 21 to 27, 1997
- Ice Storm in Kansas, December 21, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, December 21 to 23, 1997
- Ice Storm in Iowa, December 21 to 22, 1997
- Ice Storm in Kansas, December 21 to 22, 1997
- Ice Storm in Nebraska, December 21 to 22, 1997
- Flood in Florida, December 21 to 31, 1997
- Tornado in California, December 21, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Texas, December 21, 1997
- Ice Storm in Missouri, December 21, 1997
- Flash Flood in Texas, December 21, 1997
- Flash Flood in Texas, December 21, 1997
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, December 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: 5623883, 5623884.