High Wind, Bristol Bay Coastal
- When
- March 16, 12:00 AM AST to March 17, 6:00 PM AST
- Where
- Bristol Bay Coastal forecast zone
- Measured
- 46 kt (53 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, March 16 to 18, 1998
Brisk easterly winds preceded a vigorous weather front as it passed northwestward into the mainland of Alaska. Speeds reached 67 mph at Portage between 7 and 8 am Tuesday, 64 mph at radio station KMXT in Kodiak which downed several trees and caused slight roof damage, 53 mph at King Salmon between 2 and 3am Tuesday and to 62 mph at Middleton Island between 2 and 3pm Tuesday.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
Brisk easterly winds preceded a vigorous weather front as it passed northwestward into the mainland of Alaska. Speeds reached 67 mph at Portage between 7 and 8 am Tuesday, 64 mph at radio station KMXT in Kodiak which downed several trees and caused slight roof damage, 53 mph at King Salmon between 2 and 3am Tuesday and to 62 mph at Middleton Island between 2 and 3pm Tuesday.
Event by event
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Kodiak Island-Eastern Alaska Peninsula
- When
- March 16, 3:00 PM AST to March 17, 6:00 AM AST
- Where
- Kodiak Island-Eastern Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Property damage
- $10,000
High Wind, Central Gulf Coast
- When
- March 17, 12:00 AM AST to March 18, 3:00 AM AST
- Where
- Central Gulf Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
High Wind, Cook Inlet
- When
- March 17, 12:00 PM AST
- Where
- Cook Inlet forecast zone
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 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
- Ice Storm in Kansas, March 16 to 17, 1998
- Ice Storm in Kansas, March 16 to 17, 1998
- Ice Storm in Kansas, March 16 to 17, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 16, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Texas, March 16, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 16, 1998
- High Wind in Mississippi, March 16 to 17, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 16, 1998
- Flood in Oklahoma, March 16 to 19, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 16, 1998
- Flooding in Nebraska, March 16 to 19, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 16, 1998
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, March 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: 5631060, 5631061, 5631062, 5631063.