High Wind in Alaska, May 22, 1998

Name: High Wind in Alaska, May 22, 1998
Start: 1998-05-22T04:00
End: 1998-05-22T14:00
Location: Alaska

May 22, 1998 · NWS AFC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A moderate front moving northwestward through the Turnagain Arm area produced wind gusts up to 62 mph at the Portage Visitor Center located at the head of the Arm.

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 moving northwestward through the Turnagain Arm area produced wind gusts up to 62 mph at the Portage Visitor Center located at the head of the Arm.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Cook Inlet

When: May 22, 4:00 AM AST to 2:00 PM AST
Where: Cook Inlet forecast zone
Measured: 54 kt (62 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

Every storm in Alaska in 1998 Every state in 1998 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5676584.