High Wind, Cook Inlet
- When
- November 11, 6:00 PM AST to November 12, 12:00 PM AST
- Where
- Cook Inlet forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, November 11 to 12, 1997
A moderate front passing through the area brought locally brisk easterly winds to the Upper Anchorage hillside and Turnagain Arm, as well as to Cordova. Gusts from 40 to 58 mph were reported in these areas.
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.
A moderate front passing through the area brought locally brisk easterly winds to the Upper Anchorage hillside and Turnagain Arm, as well as to Cordova. Gusts from 40 to 58 mph were reported in these areas.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Central Gulf Coast
- When
- November 11, 6:00 PM AST to November 12, 12:00 PM AST
- Where
- Central Gulf Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 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
- Tornado in California, November 11, 1997
- Lake-Effect Snow in Michigan, November 11 to 12, 1997
- Winter Storm in Colorado, November 11 to 12, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Utah, November 11 to 12, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, November 11 to 12, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, November 11, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, November 11, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, November 11, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, November 11, 1997
- Funnel Cloud in California, November 11, 1997
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, November 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: 5620677, 5620678.