Alaska, 1998

High Wind in Alaska, June 16 to 17, 1998

June 16 to 17, 1998 · NWS AFC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A moderate front approaching the Alaska Peninsula from the west, brought southeasterly wind gusts up to 46 mph to Cold Bay and other local areas along the western Alaska Peninsula.

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 front approaching the Alaska Peninsula from the west, brought southeasterly wind gusts up to 46 mph to Cold Bay and other local areas along the western Alaska Peninsula.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Western Alaska Peninsula

When
June 16, 12:00 PM AST to June 17, 12:00 PM AST
Where
Western Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
Measured
40 kt (46 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

More

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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: 5641920.