High Wind in Alaska, October 26, 1998

Name: High Wind in Alaska, October 26, 1998
Start: 1998-10-26T00:00
End: 1998-10-26T15:00
Location: Alaska

October 26, 1998 · NWS AFC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Another front, moving northwest into the mainland from the northern Gulf of Alaska, brought strong wind gusts to a remote site in southern Prince William Sound. damaging the wind sensor.

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.

Another front, moving northwest into the mainland from the northern Gulf of Alaska, brought strong wind gusts to a remote site in southern Prince William Sound. Gusts reached 76 mph at a site on Applegate Rocks...damaging the wind sensor.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Central Gulf Coast

When: October 26, 12:00 AM AST to 3:00 PM AST
Where: Central Gulf Coast forecast zone
Measured: 66 kt (76 mph)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

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, October 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5668915.