High Wind in Alaska, July 14 to 17, 1997

Name: High Wind in Alaska, July 14 to 17, 1997
Start: 1997-07-14T18:00
End: 1997-07-17T12:00
Location: Alaska

July 14 to 17, 1997 · NWS AFC · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Southeasterly winds ahead of a moderate front gusted around 40 mph at many locations. Wind gusts reached 40 mph at Adak late Monday and ?

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.

Southeasterly winds ahead of a moderate front gusted around 40 mph at many locations. Wind gusts reached 40 mph at Adak late Monday and ? at Cold Bay on Tuesday.

Event by event

2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Eastern Aleutians

When: July 14, 6:00 PM AST to July 15, 6:00 PM AST
Where: Eastern Aleutians forecast zone
Measured: 99 kt (114 mph)

High Wind, Western Alaska Peninsula

When: July 15, 6:00 AM AST to July 17, 12:00 PM AST
Where: Western Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
Measured: 99 kt (114 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

Every storm in Alaska in 1997 Every state in 1997 This day in weather history Warnings in Alaska, July 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: 5602803, 5602802.