High Wind, St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast
- When
- January 20, 4:00 PM AST to January 22, 4:00 PM AST
- Where
- St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, January 20 to 22, 1998
Strong Pressure gradient produced strong winds meeting criterion at Gambell only: sustained 39 kts, gusts 48 kts.
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 produced strong winds meeting criterion at Gambell only: sustained 39 kts, gusts 48 kts.
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 Iowa, January 20 to 21, 1998
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, January 20, 1998
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Maine, January 20 to 21, 1998
- Winter Weather in Nebraska, January 20, 1998
- Winter Storm in Iowa, January 20 to 21, 1998
- High Surf in Hawaii, January 20 to 22, 1998
- Winter Storm in Illinois, January 20 to 21, 1998
- Winter Storm in Iowa, January 20 to 21, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, January 20 to 21, 1998
- Flood in Nebraska, January 20 to 21, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, January 20 to 21, 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: 5627314.