High Wind, Lower Yukon Valley
- When
- August 31, 12:00 AM AST to 11:00 PM AST
- Where
- Lower Yukon Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, August 31, 1998
A storm moved north in the Gulf of Alaska deepening to 964 mb before drifting west toward Bristol Bay and weakening. the pressure gradient ahead of the frontal system increased greatly resulting in strong winds at a number of locations over Interior Alaska.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
A storm moved north in the Gulf of Alaska deepening to 964 mb before drifting west toward Bristol Bay and weakening. the pressure gradient ahead of the frontal system increased greatly resulting in strong winds at a number of locations over Interior Alaska. Peak gusts recorded were: Tanana Valley: Delta Junction: 43 mph, Wonder Lake RAWS (BLM) 54 mph, Minchumina 61 mph. Upper Yukon Valley : ANWR RAWS 54 mph, Hodzana River RAWS 54 mph, Lower Yukon Valley: Poorman RAWS 57 mph.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Tanana Valley
- When
- August 31, 12:00 AM AST to 11:00 PM AST
- Where
- Tanana Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Upper Yukon Valley
- When
- August 31, 12:00 AM AST to 11:00 PM AST
- Where
- Upper Yukon Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 47 kt (54 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
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
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- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, August 31, 1998
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 31, 1998
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 31, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, August 31, 1998
- Drought in New Jersey, August 31, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 31, 1998
- Drought in Pennsylvania, August 31, 1998
- Hail in Minnesota, August 31, 1998
- Drought in Maryland, August 31, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Florida, August 31, 1998
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5656473, 5656474, 5656475.