High Wind, Aleutian Islands
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM AST to June 2, 3:00 AM AST
- Where
- Aleutian Islands forecast zone
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, June 1 to 2, 1998
A moderate weather front moving through the area was preceded by brisk southeasterly winds, gusting locally near 50 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 AFC wrote it up.
A moderate weather front moving through the area was preceded by brisk southeasterly winds, gusting locally near 50 mph.
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
- Heat in Louisiana, June 1 to 30, 1998
- Heat in Texas, June 1 to 19, 1998
- Drought in Texas, June 1 to 30, 1998
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, June 1, 1998
- Flood in California, June 1 to 30, 1998
- Drought in Louisiana, June 1 to 30, 1998
- Heat in South Carolina, June 1 to 30, 1998
- Heat in Florida, June 1 to 30, 1998
- Heat in Texas, June 1 to 30, 1998
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 1 to 2, 1998
- Lightning Strikes in Pennsylvania, June 1, 1998
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, June 1, 1998
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, June 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: 5641828.