High Wind, Tanana Valley
- When
- November 9, 7:46 AM AST to 9:49 AM AST
- Where
- Tanana Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, November 9, 1997
A strong storm moved north to Kodiak Island and the associated weather front moved north across the Alaska Range, bringing south winds across the Alaska Range Passes. Healy reported wind as high as 25 kt sustained, gust 54 kt.
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 AFG wrote it up.
A strong storm moved north to Kodiak Island and the associated weather front moved north across the Alaska Range, bringing south winds across the Alaska Range Passes. Healy reported wind as high as 25 kt sustained, gust 54 kt.
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
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: 5620836.