High Wind, Central Gulf Coast
- When
- November 19, 12:00 AM AST to 12:00 PM AST
- Where
- Central Gulf Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 43 kt (49 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
High Wind in Alaska, November 19, 1998
which moved northwestward through the southern entrance to Prince William Sound and into Turnagain Arm. Gusts reached 49 mph at the Cordova City site adjacent to the Small Boat Harbor just after 7am.
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.
Brisk southeast winds marked the passing of a moderate 976mb low...which moved northwestward through the southern entrance to Prince William Sound and into Turnagain Arm. Gusts reached 49 mph at the Cordova City site adjacent to the Small Boat Harbor just after 7am.
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
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, November 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: 5672684.