High Wind, Aleutian Islands
- When
- February 15, 12:00 PM AST to February 17, 3:00 PM AST
- Where
- Aleutian Islands forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, February 15 to 17, 1998
A moderate frontal system stalled out near the Aleutians during this time. Winds across the area were reported gusting in excess of 60 mph.
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 AFC wrote it up.
A moderate frontal system stalled out near the Aleutians during this time. Winds across the area were reported gusting in excess of 60 mph. Actual sustained wind speeds were 58 mph.
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
- Storm Surge in Mississippi, February 15, 1998
- Flood in Florida, February 15 to 21, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, February 15, 1998
- Strong Wind in Georgia, February 15 to 16, 1998
- Flooding in Alabama, February 15, 1998
- Flood in Florida, February 15, 1998
- Winter Weather in Wyoming, February 15 to 16, 1998
- Tornado in Florida, February 15, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, February 15, 1998
- Winter Storm in Colorado, February 15 to 16, 1998
- Storm Surge in Louisiana, February 15, 1998
- Flooding in Illinois, February 15 to 26, 1998
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, February 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: 5628690.