High Wind, Tanana Valley
- When
- December 19, 12:00 AM AST to 6:00 AM AST
- Where
- Tanana Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 44 kt (51 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, December 19, 1999
An occluded front moving north over the Gulf of Alaska strengthened the pressure gradient across the upper Tanana Valley, producing strong east winds at Delta Junction. Delta Junction ASOS reported a peak gust of 51 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.
An occluded front moving north over the Gulf of Alaska strengthened the pressure gradient across the upper Tanana Valley, producing strong east winds at Delta Junction. Delta Junction ASOS reported a peak gust of 51 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
- Winter Storm in Iowa, December 19 to 20, 1999
- Winter Storm in Illinois, December 19 to 20, 1999
- Blizzard in North Dakota, December 19, 1999
- Dense Fog in Louisiana, December 19, 1999
- High Surf in Hawaii, December 19 to 20, 1999
- Blizzard in North Dakota, December 19, 1999
- High Wind in California, December 19 to 20, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, December 19 to 21, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, December 19, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 19 to 24, 1999
- Blizzard in Wyoming, December 19, 1999
- Heat in California, December 19 to 22, 1999
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5721019.