High Wind in Alaska, October 23 to 24, 1997

Name: High Wind in Alaska, October 23 to 24, 1997
Start: 1997-10-23T12:00
End: 1997-10-24T18:00
Location: Alaska

October 23 to 24, 1997 · NWS AFC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A moderate front approaching the extreme western Aleutians brought wind gusts up to 46 mph at Shemya.

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 approaching the extreme western Aleutians brought wind gusts up to 46 mph at Shemya.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Eastern Aleutians

When: October 23, 12:00 PM AST to October 24, 6:00 PM AST
Where: Eastern Aleutians 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

Every storm in Alaska in 1997 Every state in 1997 This day in weather history Warnings in Alaska, October 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: 5618043.