High Wind, Tanana Valley
- When
- December 25, 6:00 AM AST to 3:00 PM AST
- Where
- Tanana Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, December 25, 1999
Strong high pressure was stationary over eastern Canada while a low pressure center at mid-levels of the atmosphere moved north-northeast over the western Alaska Range, the western Tanana Valley, and to Fort Yukon in the Upper Yukon Valley before dissipating. This created strong east winds at Delta Junction, where the highest winds reported by the ASOS were 39 mph sustained and 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.
Strong high pressure was stationary over eastern Canada while a low pressure center at mid-levels of the atmosphere moved north-northeast over the western Alaska Range, the western Tanana Valley, and to Fort Yukon in the Upper Yukon Valley before dissipating. This created strong east winds at Delta Junction, where the highest winds reported by the ASOS were 39 mph sustained and 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
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Alaska, December 25 to 27, 1999
- High Wind in Michigan, December 25 to 26, 1999
- Dense Fog in Oregon, December 25, 1999
- Strong Wind in Wisconsin, December 25 to 26, 1999
- High Wind in Minnesota, December 25, 1999
- Strong Wind in Minnesota, December 25 to 26, 1999
- High Wind in North Dakota, December 25, 1999
- High Wind in Michigan, December 25 to 26, 1999
- Heavy Snow in New Mexico, December 25, 1999
- Strong Wind in Minnesota, December 25, 1999
- Waterspout in Hawaii, December 25, 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: 5721030.