High Wind in Alaska, September 22 to 23, 1997

Name: High Wind in Alaska, September 22 to 23, 1997
Start: 1997-09-22T09:35
End: 1997-09-23T21:35
Location: Alaska

September 22 to 23, 1997 · NWS AFG · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

caused a period of strong winds to the outer West Coast of Alaska.

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 AFG wrote it up.

Strong High Pressure across Russia Far East and the Beaufort Sea was stationary, and several Low pressure centers moving northwest from the Gulf of Alaska and eventually dissipating...caused a period of strong winds to the outer West Coast of Alaska.

Event by event

2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast

When: September 22, 9:35 AM AST to September 23, 9:35 PM AST
Where: St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast forecast zone
Measured: 40 kt (46 mph)

High Wind, Lower Kobuk Valley-Northern Seward Peninsula

When: September 23, 12:55 AM AST to 5:04 AM AST
Where: Lower Kobuk Valley-Northern Seward Peninsula forecast zone
Measured: 45 kt (52 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, September 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: 5611240, 5611241.