High Wind, Central Gulf Coast
- When
- January 3, 12:00 AM AST to January 5, 12:00 PM AST
- Where
- Central Gulf Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, January 3 to 5, 1998
Strong high pressure building across the central interior produced strong northerly winds across Prince William Sound. Gusts reached 69 mph at Whittier and Valdez.
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 AFC wrote it up.
Strong high pressure building across the central interior produced strong northerly winds across Prince William Sound. Gusts reached 69 mph at Whittier and Valdez.
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
- Avalanche in Idaho, January 3, 1998
- Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, January 3, 1998
- Winter Storm in California, January 3 to 4, 1998
- Ice Storm in Kansas, January 3 to 4, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 3, 1998
- Hail in Texas, January 3, 1998
- Winter Storm in California, January 3 to 4, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Oregon, January 3 to 4, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Oregon, January 3, 1998
- Winter Storm in Washington, January 3, 1998
- Heat in Connecticut, January 3, 1998
- Heat in Massachusetts, January 3, 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: 5628672.