High Wind, Aleutian Islands
- When
- December 8, 6:00 PM AST to December 9, 3:00 PM AST
- Where
- Aleutian Islands forecast zone
- Measured
- 75 kt (86 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, December 8 to 11, 1999
Strong northwesterly winds to 60 mph were observed along the western Aleutians late Wednesday and Thursday. A strong 966 mb low, just south of Attu late Wednesday afternoon, moved east southeast then dissipated Thursday morning.
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.
Strong northwesterly winds to 60 mph were observed along the western Aleutians late Wednesday and Thursday. A strong 966 mb low, just south of Attu late Wednesday afternoon, moved east southeast then dissipated Thursday morning. A second center formed in the south central Bering Sea early Thursday, curving south southeast by Adak Thursday morning. As the low passed, brisk westerly winds on the back side of the storm moved into Adak, where gusts reached close to 60 mph in the mid afternoon. Williwas moving down from Mount Ballyhoo produced wind gusts of 86 mph at the Dutch Harbor Spit Friday between 7 pm and 8 pm.Blizzard conditions developed across the Pribilofs and the western Alaska Peninsula Friday and Saturday. Northwest wind gusts from 35 to near 50 mph dropped visibilities to 1/4 mile in blowing snow.
Event by event
2 blizzard, 1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Blizzard, Pribilof Islands
- When
- December 10, 12:00 PM AST to 6:00 PM AST
- Where
- Pribilof Islands forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Blizzard, Western Alaska Peninsula
- When
- December 11, 12:00 AM AST to 9:00 AM AST
- Where
- Western Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
- 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.
- Blizzard
- Sustained winds or frequent gusts of 35 mph or more with falling or blowing snow that cuts visibility below a quarter mile for three hours or longer.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood and Hail in Oklahoma, December 8 to 9, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Texas, December 8 to 9, 1999
- Winter Storm in Colorado, December 8, 1999
- Heavy Snow in New Mexico, December 8 to 9, 1999
- High Wind in Oregon, December 8, 1999
- Hail in Texas, December 8 to 9, 1999
- Hail in Texas, December 8 to 9, 1999
- High Wind in Oregon, December 8 to 9, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Texas, December 8 to 9, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, December 8, 1999
- High Wind in Alaska, December 8, 1999
- High Wind in Alaska, December 8, 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: 5721512, 5721513, 5721514.