High Wind, Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area
- When
- May 6, 6:00 PM AST to May 7, 6:00 PM AST
- Where
- Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, May 6 to 7, 1997
reaching at least a 974 mb center near Attu early Wednesday. weakening in a northwest- southeast arc through Seguam Island at 10 am Thursday.
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 AFC wrote it up.
A vigorous frontal wave developed in the western Pacific Tuesday...reaching at least a 974 mb center near Attu early Wednesday. The front elongated northeast from the low...moving to just west of Adak at 4pm Wednesday...weakening in a northwest- southeast arc through Seguam Island at 10 am Thursday. Brisk southeast winds preceded the front...reaching 58 mph at Shemya between 2am and 3:15am Wednesday. Brisk southwesterly winds were also observed around the south and southwest side of the low.
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
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, May 6, 1997
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in New York, May 6, 1997
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 6, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 6, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, May 6, 1997
- Damaging Wind in New York, May 6, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 6, 1997
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: 5601424.