High Wind, Southern Southeast Alaska
- When
- November 4, 4:00 AM AST to 1:00 PM AST
- Where
- Southern Southeast Alaska forecast zone
High Wind in Alaska, November 4, 1997
A strong front moving from the Gulf of Alaska onshore Southeast Alaska produced strong winds across the southern panhandle. Peak wind gusts recorded were: 61 MPH at Ketchikan, 76 MPH at Hydaberg, and 51 MPH at Cape Decision.
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 AJK wrote it up.
A strong front moving from the Gulf of Alaska onshore Southeast Alaska produced strong winds across the southern panhandle. Peak wind gusts recorded were: 61 MPH at Ketchikan, 76 MPH at Hydaberg, and 51 MPH at Cape Decision.
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
- Winter Weather and Frost and Freeze in North Dakota, November 4 to 27, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Connecticut, November 4, 1997
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, November 4, 1997
- Hail in New York, November 4, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, November 4 to 5, 1997
- Hail in New Hampshire, November 4, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, November 4, 1997
- Hail in New York, November 4, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, November 4, 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: 5623226.