High Wind, Southern Seward Peninsula-Eastern Norton Sound
- When
- September 25, 3:35 AM AST to 10:56 AM AST
- Where
- Southern Seward Peninsula-Eastern Norton Sound forecast zone
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, September 25, 1998
A strong low pressure center 50 miles northwest of Unalakleet produced wind gusts to 62 mph at Unalakleet. Lesser winds, gusting 41 mph,were reported at Galena, however one tree fell onto a power line.
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 AFG wrote it up.
A strong low pressure center 50 miles northwest of Unalakleet produced wind gusts to 62 mph at Unalakleet. Lesser winds, gusting 41 mph,were reported at Galena, however one tree fell onto a power line. At Nulato, the Co-op observer reported "damaging winds", speed not estimated.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Lower Yukon Valley
- When
- September 25, 5:00 AM AST to 2:00 PM AST
- Where
- Lower Yukon Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 36 kt (41 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
- Hurricane in Alabama, September 25 to 29, 1998
- Hurricane in Florida, September 25 to 29, 1998
- Hurricane in Mississippi, September 25 to 29, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, September 25, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, September 25, 1998
- Tornado in Florida, September 25, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, September 25, 1998
- Hurricane in Florida, September 25 to 27, 1998
- High Wind in Iowa, September 25, 1998
- Tornado in Florida, September 25, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, September 25, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in Wisconsin, September 25 to 26, 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: 5666308, 5666309.