High Wind, Copper River Basin
- When
- March 23, 12:00 AM AST to March 24, 3:00 PM AST
- Where
- Copper River Basin forecast zone
- Measured
- 43 kt (49 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, March 23 to 24, 1997
Cold, arctic air blowing seaward from a moderate high in northern Alaska brought gusty northerly winds to several areas of southcentral Alaska. Wind gusts reached 50 mph.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
Cold, arctic air blowing seaward from a moderate high in northern Alaska brought gusty northerly winds to several areas of southcentral Alaska. Wind gusts reached 50 mph.
Event by event
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Cook Inlet-Susitna Valley
- When
- March 23, 12:00 AM AST to March 24, 3:00 PM AST
- Where
- Cook Inlet-Susitna Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 43 kt (49 mph)
High Wind, Central Gulf Coast
- When
- March 23, 12:00 AM AST to March 24, 3:00 PM AST
- Where
- Central Gulf Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 43 kt (49 mph)
High Wind, Kodiak Island-Eastern Alaska Peninsula
- When
- March 23, 12:00 AM AST to March 24, 3:00 PM AST
- Where
- Kodiak Island-Eastern Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 43 kt (49 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
More
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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: 5588765, 5588766, 5588767, 5588768.