High Wind, Eastern Baranof Island and Southern Admiralty Island
- When
- February 27, 5:00 AM AST to February 28, 7:00 AM AST
- Where
- Eastern Baranof Island and Southern Admiralty Island forecast zone
- Measured
- 44 kt (51 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, February 27 to 28, 1997
Strong High Pressure over Far East Russia and cold air moving south over the West Coast of Alaska produced strong winds at Tin City, possibly at Wales. Winds of criteria were not acheived at Gambell or Savoonga.
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 AFG wrote it up.
Strong High Pressure over Far East Russia and cold air moving south over the West Coast of Alaska produced strong winds at Tin City, possibly at Wales. Winds of criteria were not acheived at Gambell or Savoonga. Tin City: sustained 42 kts, gust 44 kts.
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
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- Flash Flood in Ohio, February 27, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, February 27, 1997
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- High Wind in Michigan, February 27, 1997
- Flooding in Indiana, February 27 to 28, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, February 27 to 28, 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: 5587792.