High Wind, Tanana Valley
- When
- April 16, 3:53 AM AST to 7:00 AM AST
- Where
- Tanana Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 49 kt (56 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind in Alaska, April 16, 1999
While a weather system moved north over Bristol Bay, high pressure over South Central Alaska increased and caused a period of strong winds through the Alaska Range, most notably Windy Pass, where Healy observed a maximum gust to 56 mph.
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS AFG wrote it up.
While a weather system moved north over Bristol Bay, high pressure over South Central Alaska increased and caused a period of strong winds through the Alaska Range, most notably Windy Pass, where Healy observed a maximum gust to 56 mph.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
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- Wildfire in Florida, April 16, 1999
- Strong Wind in West Virginia, April 16, 1999
- High Wind in Ohio, April 16, 1999
- High Wind in West Virginia, April 16, 1999
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, April 16, 1999
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, April 16, 1999
- Strong Wind in Ohio, April 16, 1999
- Strong Wind in Kentucky, April 16, 1999
- Flood in Iowa, April 16, 1999
- High Wind in North Carolina, April 16, 1999
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5695619.