Alaska

Storms in Alaska in 1999

581 events in 258 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alaska in 1999, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Alaska in 1999 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The year

Events
581
Deaths
18
Injuries
14
Damage
$2.2 million
Episodes
258

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.

By kind of event

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
High Wind33711$585,000
Heavy Snow8300$300,000
Cold/Wind Chill5900
Blizzard5160$2,000
Avalanche11114$43,000
Flash Flood1100$36,000
Heavy Rain800$5,000
Winter Storm800
Ice Storm300$25,000
Wildfire300$75,000
Storm Surge/Tide209$376,000
Volcanic Ash200
Flood200
Seiche100$750,000

Every episode, month by month

January 1999

February 1999

March 1999

April 1999

May 1999

June 1999

July 1999

August 1999

September 1999

October 1999

November 1999

December 1999

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Every year in AlaskaEvery state in 1999Tornadoes in Alaska in 1999Warnings in Alaska in 199919982000

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.