High Wind, Cook Inlet
- When
- September 19, 12:00 AM AST to 11:00 PM AST
- Where
- Cook Inlet forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind in Alaska, September 19 to 20, 1998
A strong front moving northeastward through the area brought strong southeasterly winds to many exposed areas. Wind gusts reached 67 mph around Cordova near the city boat harbor and 60 mph along the Upper Anchorage Hillside.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
A strong front moving northeastward through the area brought strong southeasterly winds to many exposed areas. Wind gusts reached 67 mph around Cordova near the city boat harbor and 60 mph along the Upper Anchorage Hillside.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Central Gulf Coast
- When
- September 19, 12:00 PM AST to September 20, 3:00 AM AST
- Where
- Central Gulf Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 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
- Tornadoes and Tropical Storm in Mississippi, September 19 to 20, 1998
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Nebraska, September 19, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, September 19, 1998
- Flood in Florida, September 19, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, September 19, 1998
- Tropical Storm and Flash Flood in Louisiana, September 19 to 20, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, September 19, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, September 19, 1998
- Waterspout in Florida, September 19, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, September 19, 1998
- Tornado in Alabama, September 19, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, September 19, 1998
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, September 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: 5664566, 5664565.