High Wind, Cook Inlet-Susitna Valley
- When
- March 1, 3:00 AM AST to March 2, 12:00 PM AST
- Where
- Cook Inlet-Susitna Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 36 kt (41 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, March 1 to 2, 1997
Strong high pressure (1047 mbs) combined with a moderate low in the Gulf of Alaska to produce brisk northerly winds all the way from Prince William Sound into Cook Inlet, the Susitna Valley and across Kodiak Island where gusts reached 44 mph at the Kodiak airport.
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.
Strong high pressure (1047 mbs) combined with a moderate low in the Gulf of Alaska to produce brisk northerly winds all the way from Prince William Sound into Cook Inlet, the Susitna Valley and across Kodiak Island where gusts reached 44 mph at the Kodiak airport.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Central Gulf Coast
- When
- March 1, 3:00 AM AST to March 2, 12:00 PM AST
- Where
- Central Gulf Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 36 kt (41 mph)
High Wind, Kodiak Island-Eastern Alaska Peninsula
- When
- March 1, 3:00 AM AST to March 2, 12:00 PM AST
- Where
- Kodiak Island-Eastern Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 38 kt (44 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
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- Flood in Kentucky, March 1 to 6, 1997
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 1, 1997
- Tornadoes in Tennessee, March 1, 1997
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 1, 1997
- Flooding in Tennessee, March 1 to 11, 1997
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 1, 1997
- Tornadoes in Arkansas, March 1, 1997
- Flash Flood in Ohio, March 1 to 2, 1997
- Tornadoes in Mississippi, March 1, 1997
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, March 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: 5588755, 5588756, 5588757.