High Wind, Aleutian Islands
- When
- May 23, 6:00 PM AST to May 24, 6:00 PM AST
- Where
- Aleutian Islands forecast zone
- Measured
- 37 kt (43 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, May 23 to 25, 1998
A moderate front crossed east northeast through the Aleutians Sunday and through the Alaska Peninsula Monday. East to southeast winds preceding the front reached speeds of 43 mph in areas where winds are channelled by terrain.
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 crossed east northeast through the Aleutians Sunday and through the Alaska Peninsula Monday. East to southeast winds preceding the front reached speeds of 43 mph in areas where winds are channelled by terrain. Both Cold Bay and Adak reported prefrontal wind gusts of 43 mph.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Western Alaska Peninsula
- When
- May 24, 4:00 PM AST to May 25, 4:00 PM AST
- Where
- Western Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 37 kt (43 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
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in North Carolina, May 23, 1998
- Hail in Nebraska, May 23, 1998
- Hail in Kansas, May 23, 1998
- Flooding and Hail in Iowa, May 23, 1998
- Hail in Nebraska, May 23, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, May 23, 1998
- Hail in Iowa, May 23, 1998
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, May 23, 1998
- Tornado in Missouri, May 23, 1998
- Flood in Puerto Rico, May 23, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 23, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 23, 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: 5641821, 5641822.