High Wind, Western Alaska Peninsula
- When
- November 7, 12:00 PM AST to November 8, 12:00 PM AST
- Where
- Western Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, November 7 to 8, 1997
A moderate front, associated with a 967mb low along the extreme western Aleutians, was preceded by wind gusts reaching 46 mph.
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 moderate front, associated with a 967mb low along the extreme western Aleutians, was preceded by wind gusts reaching 46 mph.
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
- Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, November 7 to 8, 1997
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, November 7 to 8, 1997
- Coastal Flood and High Wind in New Jersey, November 7 to 8, 1997
- High Wind in South Dakota, November 7, 1997
- Heavy Rain in New York, November 7 to 9, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, November 7, 1997
- Coastal Flood and Strong Wind in Delaware, November 7 to 9, 1997
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, November 7, 1997
- Heavy Rain in New Jersey, November 7 to 9, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Maryland, November 7 to 8, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Connecticut, November 7 to 9, 1997
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, November 7, 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: 5620676.