High Wind, Tanana Valley
- When
- April 30, 2:00 AM AST to 6:00 AM AST
- Where
- Tanana Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind in Alaska, April 30, 1999
A weather front moving east across the western Alaska Range produced strong south winds through Windy Pass of the Alaska Range, where Healy recorded a maximum gust to 58 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.
A weather front moving east across the western Alaska Range produced strong south winds through Windy Pass of the Alaska Range, where Healy recorded a maximum gust to 58 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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, April 30, 1999
- Flooding in Colorado, April 30, 1999
- Flash Flooding in New Mexico, April 30, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, April 30, 1999
- Tornado and Flash Flood in New Mexico, April 30, 1999
- Flash Flooding in New Mexico, April 30, 1999
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 30, 1999
- Drought in Massachusetts, April 30, 1999
- Waterspout in Florida, April 30, 1999
- Wildfire in New Jersey, April 30, 1999
- Hail in Texas, April 30, 1999
- Strong Wind in North Carolina, April 30, 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: 5695624.