High Wind, Central Gulf Coast
- When
- May 20, 12:00 AM AST to 6:00 AM AST
- Where
- Central Gulf Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 37 kt (43 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, May 20, 1998
A moderate front crossing the area from the southeast produced wind gusts near 45 mph across exposed areas adjacent to Prince William Sound and near 65 mph through Turnagain Arm and along the upper Anchorage Hillside.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 crossing the area from the southeast produced wind gusts near 45 mph across exposed areas adjacent to Prince William Sound and near 65 mph through Turnagain Arm and along the upper Anchorage Hillside.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Cook Inlet
- When
- May 20, 10:00 AM AST to 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Cook Inlet forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 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
- Hail in Iowa, May 20, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, May 20, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 20, 1998
- Lightning Strike in West Virginia, May 20, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 20, 1998
- Tornado in Nebraska, May 20, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 20 to 21, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 20, 1998
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, May 20, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 20, 1998
- Hail in Nebraska, May 20, 1998
- Drought in Louisiana, May 20 to 31, 1998
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, May 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: 5676582, 5676583.