High Wind, Eastern Aleutians
- When
- February 24, 12:00 PM AST to 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Eastern Aleutians forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, February 24 to 25, 1997
weakening rapidly just off the Yukon River Delta late Tuesday morning. A moderate front in a southward arc from the low brought brisk southerly winds to much of the Alaska Peninsula and offshore areas of the extreme eastern Aleutians, where gusts from 40 to 55 mph were reported.
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 990mb low moved up from the northcentral Pacific across Seguam Island late Monday...weakening rapidly just off the Yukon River Delta late Tuesday morning. A moderate front in a southward arc from the low brought brisk southerly winds to much of the Alaska Peninsula and offshore areas of the extreme eastern Aleutians, where gusts from 40 to 55 mph were reported. Wind gusts reached 41 mph at Bethel, along the Kuskokwim Delta coast, on Tuesday.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta
- When
- February 25, 12:00 AM AST to 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta forecast zone
- Measured
- 36 kt (41 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
- High Wind in Utah, February 24, 1997
- High Wind in Hawaii, February 24 to 26, 1997
- Flooding in Missouri, February 24 to 28, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 24 to 25, 1997
- High Wind in California, February 24 to 25, 1997
- Heavy Snow in New York, February 24 to 25, 1997
- Heavy Snow in New York, February 24, 1997
- High Wind in New Mexico, February 24, 1997
- High Wind in Hawaii, February 24 to 26, 1997
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, February 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: 5588747, 5588748.