High Wind, Haines Borough and Lynn Canal
- When
- February 5, 9:00 AM AST to February 6, 3:00 AM AST
- Where
- Haines Borough and Lynn Canal forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, February 5 to 6, 1997
deepening to at least 976mbs 150 miles south of Middleton Island Wednesday afternoon. The low then curved westward and began to weaken as the front moved into the Copper River Basin late Wednesday.
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 AFC wrote it up.
A moderate low curved northwestward through the Gulf of Alaska...deepening to at least 976mbs 150 miles south of Middleton Island Wednesday afternoon. The low then curved westward and began to weaken as the front moved into the Copper River Basin late Wednesday. Brisk easterly winds preceded the front...gusting to 60 mph at Middleton Island Wednesday afternoon.
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
- Heavy Snow in Utah, February 5 to 6, 1997
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, February 5 to 7, 1997
- Flash Flood in New York, February 5, 1997
- Dense Fog in Montana, February 5 to 6, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 5 to 7, 1997
- Winter Storm in New Hampshire, February 5, 1997
- Winter Storm in Kansas, February 5 to 7, 1997
- Winter Storm in Maine, February 5, 1997
- Heavy Snow in New Mexico, February 5 to 6, 1997
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, February 5, 1997
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, February 5, 1997
- Flood in Kentucky, February 5 to 7, 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: 5588731.