High Wind, Cook Inlet
- When
- January 2, 12:00 PM AST to January 4, 12:00 PM AST
- Where
- Cook Inlet forecast zone
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, January 2 to 4, 1998
A deepening low near Middleton Island, coupled with strengthening high pressure in the central Alaskan interior, produced brisk northwesterly winds across the area. Gusts reached 43 mph at Kodiak and 46 mph at Big River Lakes, along the west side of Cook Inlet.
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 AFC wrote it up.
A deepening low near Middleton Island, coupled with strengthening high pressure in the central Alaskan interior, produced brisk northwesterly winds across the area. Gusts reached 43 mph at Kodiak and 46 mph at Big River Lakes, along the west side of Cook Inlet.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Kodiak Island-Eastern Alaska Peninsula
- When
- January 2, 12:00 PM AST to January 4, 12:00 PM AST
- Where
- Kodiak Island-Eastern Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 37 kt (43 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
- Winter Storm in Oregon, January 2, 1998
- Heavy Rain in California, January 2 to 11, 1998
- Storm Surge in Florida, January 2, 1998 to January 3, 1999
- Flood in Florida, January 2 to 31, 1998
- High Wind in Wyoming, January 2, 1998
- Winter Storm in Colorado, January 2 to 4, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Utah, January 2 to 3, 1998
- Heat in Wisconsin, January 2 to 4, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Montana, January 2, 1998
- Heavy Snow in California, January 2, 1998
- Funnel Cloud in California, January 2, 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: 5628670, 5628671.