High Wind, Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision-Coastal Area
- When
- February 20, 5:00 AM AST to 8:30 PM AST
- Where
- Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision-Coastal Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 47 kt (54 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, February 20, 1998
High winds occurred with the passage of a secondary occlusion associated with a strong Northeast Pacific low pressure system. Peak winds recorded in the southern panhandle included 47kt at Hydaberg and 55kt at the Ketchikan Airport.
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 AJK wrote it up.
High winds occurred with the passage of a secondary occlusion associated with a strong Northeast Pacific low pressure system. Peak winds recorded in the southern panhandle included 47kt at Hydaberg and 55kt at the Ketchikan Airport.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Southern Southeast Alaska Ernest Sound to Dixon Entrance
- When
- February 20, 5:00 AM AST to 8:30 PM AST
- Where
- Southern Southeast Alaska Ernest Sound to Dixon Entrance forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 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
- Flood in Florida, February 20 to 28, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, February 20, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, February 20, 1998
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 20 to 22, 1998
- Winter Storm in Oregon, February 20 to 21, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 20, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Missouri, February 20 to 21, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Arizona, February 20, 1998
- High Wind in Oregon, February 20, 1998
- Winter Storm in California, February 20 to 21, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, February 20, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Arizona, February 20, 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: 5638623, 5638624.