High Wind, Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision-Coastal Area
- When
- July 15, 7:30 AM AST to 5:00 PM AST
- Where
- Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision-Coastal Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind in Alaska, July 15, 1998
Intense low pressure system moved north along the outer coast of Southeast Alaska. Strongest winds were over the Southern Panhandle.
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 AJK wrote it up.
Intense low pressure system moved north along the outer coast of Southeast Alaska. Strongest winds were over the Southern Panhandle. Hydaberg (PAHY) peak gust 58kt/67mph. Fishing vessel reported 60kt near Marsh Point in Cordova Bay. Rose Point (WRO) in Canadian portion of Dixon Entrance had 40-60kt. Structural damage to a trailer in Craig.
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
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- Flash Flood in Kentucky, July 15, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, July 15, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New York, July 15, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Kansas, July 15, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, July 15, 1998
- Flash Flood in Florida, July 15, 1998
- Flash Flood in Nebraska, July 15, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, July 15, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 15, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 15, 1998
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, July 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: 5678074.