High Wind, Aleutian Islands
- When
- October 27, 12:00 PM AST to 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Aleutian Islands forecast zone
- Measured
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
High Wind in Alaska, October 27, 1998
Brisk northwest winds up to 52 mph were reported along the back side of a moderate 978mb low southeast of the Alaska Peninsula.
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 northwest winds up to 52 mph were reported along the back side of a moderate 978mb low southeast of the Alaska Peninsula.
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
- Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, October 27, 1998
- Tornado in Texas, October 27, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Texas, October 27, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flood in New Mexico, October 27, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, October 27 to 28, 1998
- Hail in New Mexico, October 27, 1998
- High Wind in Utah, October 27, 1998
- Hail in Texas, October 27, 1998
- Hail in Texas, October 27, 1998
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, October 27, 1998
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5668920.