High Wind, Aleutian Islands
- When
- February 10, 12:00 AM AST to 6:00 PM AST
- Where
- Aleutian Islands forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, February 10, 1999
A vigorous low moved northward into the extreme southwest Bering Sea. Wind gusts reached 63 mph at Shemya Wednesday on the south and southwest side of the low.
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 AFC wrote it up.
A vigorous low moved northward into the extreme southwest Bering Sea. Wind gusts reached 63 mph at Shemya Wednesday on the south and southwest side of the low.
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 Nebraska, February 10 to 11, 1999
- High Wind in Colorado, February 10, 1999
- High Wind in New Mexico, February 10, 1999
- Dense Fog in Florida, February 10, 1999
- Winter Storm in Colorado, February 10 to 11, 1999
- High Wind in Colorado, February 10, 1999
- High Wind in South Dakota, February 10, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 10 to 11, 1999
- Winter Storm in Colorado, February 10 to 11, 1999
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, February 10, 1999
- Heat in Arkansas, February 10, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 10, 1999
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, February 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: 5679443.