High Wind in Alaska, April 15 to 16, 1999

Name: High Wind in Alaska, April 15 to 16, 1999
Start: 1999-04-15T21:00
End: 1999-04-16T13:00
Location: Alaska

April 15 to 16, 1999 · NWS AFC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Cook Inlet

When: April 15, 9:00 PM AST to April 16, 1:00 PM AST
Where: Cook Inlet forecast zone
Measured: 63 kt (72 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Local east winds at the Portage ASOS site gusted to adjusted values of 73 mph. These glacier induced winds are often accelerated from an easterly direction. Strongest winds were reported between 9am and 10am Friday.

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

Every storm in Alaska in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history Warnings in Alaska, April 1999

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: 5689786.