High Wind, Western Alaska Peninsula
- When
- November 4, 3:00 PM AST to 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Western Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 78 kt (90 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, November 4 to 5, 1997
A moderate frontal low developed in the central Aleutians early Tuesday, continuing northeast into Bristol Bay as a 976mb center early Wednesday. locally gusting from 70 to 90 mph (strongest wind was reported at the Akutan school).
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 frontal low developed in the central Aleutians early Tuesday, continuing northeast into Bristol Bay as a 976mb center early Wednesday. Strong westerly winds were observed along the back side of the low...locally gusting from 70 to 90 mph (strongest wind was reported at the Akutan school).
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Pribilof Islands
- When
- November 4, 6:00 PM AST to November 5, 6:00 PM AST
- Where
- Pribilof Islands forecast zone
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 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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- Hail in New Hampshire, November 4, 1997
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- Hail in New York, November 4, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, November 4, 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: 5620670, 5620669.