High Wind, Aleutian Islands
- When
- September 23, 12:00 AM AST to 6:00 PM AST
- Where
- Aleutian Islands forecast zone
- Measured
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, September 23, 1998
A strong 957mb low in the northcentral Bering Sea brought brisk southwest winds to much of the northern Bering Sea and Kuskokwim Delta coast. Gusts reached 52 mph across both areas.
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 957mb low in the northcentral Bering Sea brought brisk southwest winds to much of the northern Bering Sea and Kuskokwim Delta coast. Gusts reached 52 mph across both areas.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Kuskokwim Delta
- When
- September 23, 6:00 AM AST to 6:00 PM AST
- Where
- Kuskokwim Delta forecast zone
- Measured
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
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
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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: 5664573, 5664574.