High Wind, Arctic Slope Coastal
- When
- November 19, 6:00 PM AST to November 20, 6:00 PM AST
- Where
- Arctic Slope Coastal forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind in Alaska, November 19 to 20, 1998
Strong winds briefly occurred at Deadhorse and Barter Island, each reporting gusts to 50 mph on one hour's observation. Winds were clocked at 55 mph at the Colville Village Co-op Station.
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.
Strong winds briefly occurred at Deadhorse and Barter Island, each reporting gusts to 50 mph on one hour's observation. Winds were clocked at 55 mph at the Colville Village Co-op Station.
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: 5676711.