High Wind in Alaska, December 1, 1999

Name: High Wind in Alaska, December 1, 1999
Start: 1999-12-01T00:00
End: 1999-12-01T04:00
Location: Alaska

December 1, 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, Central Gulf Coast

When: December 1, 12:00 AM AST to 4:00 AM AST
Where: Central Gulf Coast forecast zone
Measured: 54 kt (62 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

A moderate front, associated with a strong 958 mb low 120 miles south of Middleton Island, was preceded by brisk east winds across much of the Gulf of Alaska waters immediately adjacent to the Alaskan coast. Wind gusts reached 62 mph at Middleton Island very early Wednesday. The front moved inland and the low weakened significantly as the day progressed Wednesday.

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, December 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: 5721508.