High Wind, Lower Kobuk Valley-Northern Seward Peninsula
- When
- February 7, 11:00 AM AST to 7:00 PM AST
- Where
- Lower Kobuk Valley-Northern Seward Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, February 7, 1998
An existing moderate pressure gradient increased over northwest Alaska, resulting in strong winds at Point Hope: sustained 42 kt, gust 50 kt.
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 AFG wrote it up.
An existing moderate pressure gradient increased over northwest Alaska, resulting in strong winds at Point Hope: sustained 42 kt, gust 50 kt.
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
- Heavy Snow in Utah, February 7 to 9, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flood in California, February 7 to 8, 1998
- Flooding in California, February 7 to 8, 1998
- High Wind in California, February 7, 1998
- Storm Surge in Oregon, February 7, 1998
- Lightning Strike in California, February 7, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 7 to 9, 1998
- Dense Fog in Colorado, February 7, 1998
- High Wind in Oregon, February 7, 1998
- Blizzard in Alaska, February 7, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 7, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 7 to 8, 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: 5630454.