High Wind in Alaska, February 13 to 15, 1999

Name: High Wind in Alaska, February 13 to 15, 1999
Start: 1999-02-13T06:00
End: 1999-02-15T15:00
Location: Alaska

February 13 to 15, 1999 · NWS AFC · 5 events in 5 counties and zones

Strong east to southeast winds preceded a vigorous front associated with a deep Aleutian low. The low curved east northeast from the Central Aleutians to between Adak and Saint Paul Island Saturday.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 5

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 east to southeast winds preceded a vigorous front associated with a deep Aleutian low. The low curved east northeast from the Central Aleutians to between Adak and Saint Paul Island Saturday. The front elongated east and northeast...extending from the Pribilofs through Unimak Pass Saturday afternoon. Adjusted southeast wind gusts from the Cold Bay ASOS reached 70 mph. At Saint Paul, adjusted ASOS winds reached 64 mph.Adjusted wind gusts reached 52 mph ahead of the front late Saturday and 48 mph early Sunday at King Salmon.At the Kodiak airport, adjusted east southeast winds peaked at 58 mph just ahead of the front. Along the Kuskokwim Delta, ASOS adjusted wind gusts also reached 52 mph Sunday morning.Along the Central North Gulf Coast, east southeast wind gusts peaked very close to 80 mph at Middleton Island.

Event by event

5 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Western Alaska Peninsula

When: February 13, 6:00 AM AST to 11:59 PM AST
Where: Western Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

High Wind, Pribilof Islands

When: February 13, 6:00 AM AST to 11:59 PM AST
Where: Pribilof Islands forecast zone
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

High Wind, Bristol Bay Coastal

When: February 13, 6:00 PM AST to February 14, 6:00 PM AST
Where: Bristol Bay Coastal forecast zone
Measured: 45 kt (52 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

High Wind, Kodiak Island-Eastern Alaska Peninsula

When: February 14, 12:00 AM AST to 6:00 PM AST
Where: Kodiak Island-Eastern Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

High Wind, Central Gulf Coast

When: February 14, 6:00 AM AST to February 15, 3:00 PM AST
Where: Central Gulf Coast forecast zone
Measured: 69 kt (79 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

Every storm in Alaska in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5679444, 5679445, 5679447, 5679446, 5679448.