High Wind, Eastern Aleutians
- When
- February 6, 12:00 AM AST to 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Eastern Aleutians forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, February 6 to 7, 1997
A strong 955mb low in the northcentral Pacific moved to 300 miles south southeast of Shemya Thursday morning with a moderate front extending from 200 miles north of the center east and southeastward across the north Pacific. as the front elongated northwest and eastward.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 strong 955mb low in the northcentral Pacific moved to 300 miles south southeast of Shemya Thursday morning with a moderate front extending from 200 miles north of the center east and southeastward across the north Pacific. The low moved to near Amchitka Island Friday afternoon...as the front elongated northwest and eastward. Brisk easterly winds preceded the front...locally near 60 mph over open areas of the west central Aleutians.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, St. Paul Island
- When
- February 6, 6:00 AM AST to February 7, 6:00 PM AST
- Where
- St. Paul Island forecast zone
- Measured
- 39 kt (45 mph)
High Wind, Western Alaska Peninsula
- When
- February 6, 12:00 PM AST to February 7, 11:00 AM AST
- Where
- Western Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 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.
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The same day elsewhere
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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: 5588732, 5588733, 5588734.