High Wind, St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast
- When
- December 2, 3:35 PM AST to December 3, 7:00 AM AST
- Where
- St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, December 2 to 3, 1999
Lower Kobuk Valley to Cape Lisburne: Point Hope AWOS highest gust 61 mph.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Large Arctic High over the NW Arctic coast was stationary while a Low pressure center developed over the Seward Peninsula creating local strong winds at:Saint Lawrence Island: Gambell AWOS highest gust 52 mph.Lower Kobuk Valley to Cape Lisburne: Point Hope AWOS highest gust 61 mph.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Lower Kobuk Valley-Northern Seward Peninsula
- When
- December 3, 5:15 AM AST to 2:00 PM AST
- Where
- Lower Kobuk Valley-Northern Seward Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 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
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, December 2, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, December 2, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, December 2 to 3, 1999
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 2 to 31, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Utah, December 2 to 3, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, December 2 to 3, 1999
- Winter Storm in Idaho, December 2, 1999
- High Wind in Washington, December 2, 1999
- Heavy Snow and Hail in Kansas, December 2 to 5, 1999
- Tornado in Oregon, December 2, 1999
- High Wind in California, December 2 to 3, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Washington, December 2 to 31, 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: 5721018, 5721017.