High Wind in Alaska, August 16, 1998

Name: High Wind in Alaska, August 16, 1998
Start: 1998-08-16T01:00
End: 1998-08-16T23:59
Location: Alaska

August 16, 1998 · NWS AFC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $10,000
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.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Cook Inlet

When: August 16, 1:00 AM AST to 11:59 PM AST
Where: Cook Inlet forecast zone
Measured: 45 kt (52 mph)
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

Strong southeasterly winds, gusting near 50 mph, were reported along the Anchorage Hillside and adjacent to western Cook Inlet. Numerous trees were blown down.

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 1998 Every state in 1998 This day in weather history Warnings in Alaska, August 1998

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: 5658413.