High Wind, Eastern Baranof Island and Southern Admiralty Island
- When
- January 8, 6:35 PM AST to January 10, 4:15 PM AST
- Where
- Eastern Baranof Island and Southern Admiralty Island forecast zone
- Measured
- 45 kt (52 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, January 8 to 10, 1997
Strong high pressure over Russia Far East persisted while a trough of low pressure developed over the inner West Coast of Alaska, causing strong winds at Zone 24, namely Gambell and Tin City. Peak Wind: Gambell 40 kts g45 kts.
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 Russia Far East persisted while a trough of low pressure developed over the inner West Coast of Alaska, causing strong winds at Zone 24, namely Gambell and Tin City. Peak Wind: Gambell 40 kts g45 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
- Cold in Montana, January 8 to 10, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Missouri, January 8 to 9, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Illinois, January 8 to 9, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, January 8 to 9, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, January 8 to 9, 1997
- Winter Storm in Arkansas, January 8 to 9, 1997
- Winter Storm in Missouri, January 8 to 9, 1997
- Ice Storm in Georgia, January 8 to 9, 1997
- Winter Storm in Kentucky, January 8 to 9, 1997
- Sleet in North Carolina, January 8, 1997
- Winter Storm in Illinois, January 8 to 9, 1997
- Ice Storm in West Virginia, January 8 to 9, 1997
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, January 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: 5586605.