High Wind, Koyukuk-Upper Kobuk Valleys
- When
- January 13, 9:00 AM AST to January 14, 10:00 AM AST
- Where
- Koyukuk-Upper Kobuk Valleys forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, January 13 to 14, 1998
T. Camp to reach 61 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 AFG wrote it up.
Strong pressure gradient across the Brooks Range caused winds at the Chandalar Shelf D.O.T. Camp to reach 61 mph. Anaktuvuk Pass AWOS during the period recorded a maximum gust of 36kt.
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
- Winter Weather in Ohio, January 13 to 16, 1998
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, January 13 to 16, 1998
- Strong Wind in Maine, January 13 to 14, 1998
- Flood in Louisiana, January 13, 1998
- Strong Wind in New Hampshire, January 13 to 14, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, January 13 to 15, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, January 13 to 14, 1998
- Winter Weather in Oklahoma, January 13 to 14, 1998
- Dense Fog in California, January 13, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, January 13 to 15, 1998
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 13 to 14, 1998
- Hail in Louisiana, January 13, 1998
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, January 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: 5627320.