High Wind, Bristol Bay Coastal
- When
- April 6, 6:00 PM AST to 11:00 PM AST
- Where
- Bristol Bay Coastal forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, April 6 to 7, 1999
peaked at 64 mph Wednesday morning. Around Valdez, adjusted AWOS wind gusts reached 50 mph Tuesday.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 AFC wrote it up.
Brisk northwesterly winds, triggered by a strengthening ridge across the Alaska Peninsula and southwest Alaska mainland and persistent low pressure in the northeast Gulf of Alaska, spread into areas near and south of the Alaska Range Tuesday.Northwest wind gusts reached an ASOS adjusted 59 mph at Iliamna (in the extreme eastern corner of the Bristol Bay zone) Tuesday.At Seward, an area prone to strong northerly outflow winds, wind gusts...adjusted for the ASOS...peaked at 64 mph Wednesday morning. Gusts 40 mph or more ceased in the Seward area rapidly after 4pm Wednesday.Around Valdez, adjusted AWOS wind gusts reached 50 mph Tuesday.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Cook Inlet
- When
- April 6, 10:00 PM AST to April 7, 4:00 PM AST
- Where
- Cook Inlet forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Central Gulf Coast
- When
- April 7, 12:00 AM AST to 11:00 PM AST
- Where
- Central Gulf Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 43 kt (49 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
- Flooding in Iowa, April 6 to 15, 1999
- High Wind in Ohio, April 6, 1999
- High Wind in Ohio, April 6, 1999
- High Wind in Ohio, April 6, 1999
- Strong Wind in Michigan, April 6, 1999
- High Wind in Alaska, April 6, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, April 6 to 7, 1999
- High Wind in Alaska, April 6, 1999
- Flood in North Dakota, April 6 to 15, 1999
- Flood in Minnesota, April 6 to 15, 1999
- Heavy Snow in California, April 6, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, April 6, 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: 5689664, 5689665, 5689666.