High Wind, Bristol Bay Coastal
- When
- August 1, 2:00 AM AST to August 2, 4:00 PM AST
- Where
- Bristol Bay Coastal forecast zone
- Measured
- 41 kt (47 mph)
- Reported by
- ARPT EQUIP(AWOS,ASOS)
High Wind in Alaska, August 1 to 2, 1998
A moderate front, moving slowly east across the Bering Sea, brought brisk southeasterly winds to much of the Alaska Peninsula and Bristol Bay area. Peak winds of 44 mph were reported at Cold Bay, 47 mph at Port Heiden along the Alaska Peninsula and 44 mph at King Salmon.
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 AFC wrote it up.
A moderate front, moving slowly east across the Bering Sea, brought brisk southeasterly winds to much of the Alaska Peninsula and Bristol Bay area. Peak winds of 44 mph were reported at Cold Bay, 47 mph at Port Heiden along the Alaska Peninsula and 44 mph at King Salmon.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Western Alaska Peninsula
- When
- August 1, 7:00 AM AST to 2:00 PM AST
- Where
- Western Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 38 kt (44 mph)
- Reported by
- ARPT EQUIP(AWOS,ASOS)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
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The same day elsewhere
- Drought in Texas, August 1 to 31, 1998
- Drought in Texas, August 1 to 31, 1998
- Drought in Louisiana, August 1 to 31, 1998
- Drought in Louisiana, August 1 to 31, 1998
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, August 1, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 1, 1998
- Drought in Texas, August 1 to 31, 1998
- Drought in Texas, August 1 to 31, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 1, 1998
- Drought in Virginia, August 1 to 31, 1998
- Drought in Texas, August 1 to 31, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, August 1, 1998
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: 5658407, 5658408.