High Wind, Tanana Valley
- When
- May 8, 10:00 AM AST to May 9, 3:00 PM AST
- Where
- Tanana Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, May 8 to 9, 1998
A long period of strong southerly winds occurred through the Alaska Range. Wind gusts to 60 mph were reported at Healy on the morning of the 8th, and gusts to 52 mph at Delta Junction on the morning of the 9th.
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 AFG wrote it up.
A long period of strong southerly winds occurred through the Alaska Range. Wind gusts to 60 mph were reported at Healy on the morning of the 8th, and gusts to 52 mph at Delta Junction on the morning of the 9th.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 8 to 9, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 8, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 8, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 8, 1998
- Strong Wind in Kansas, May 8, 1998
- Heavy Snow and Hail in Utah, May 8, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 8, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Texas, May 8, 1998
- Flooding and Heavy Rain in New Jersey, May 8 to 16, 1998
- Tornado in South Carolina, May 8, 1998
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Virginia, May 8, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 8, 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: 5647367.