High Wind, Central Southeast Alaska
- When
- October 7, 6:00 PM AST to October 9, 12:00 PM AST
- Where
- Central Southeast Alaska forecast zone
High Wind in Alaska, October 7 to 9, 1997
Strong outflow winds occurred over a 48-hour period across the northern inner channels of Southeast Alaska. Peak winds recorded during this event were 64 MPH in downtown Juneau, 63 MPH on Mayflower Island, 52 MPH at Eldred Rock, and 51 MPH at Point Bishop.
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.
Strong outflow winds occurred over a 48-hour period across the northern inner channels of Southeast Alaska. Peak winds recorded during this event were 64 MPH in downtown Juneau, 63 MPH on Mayflower Island, 52 MPH at Eldred Rock, and 51 MPH at Point Bishop.
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
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- Damaging Winds in New Mexico, October 7, 1997
- High Wind in Colorado, October 7, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Arizona, October 7, 1997
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- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, October 7 to 8, 1997
- Waterspout in Washington, October 7, 1997
- High Wind in Colorado, October 7, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Texas, October 7, 1997
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5619453.