Alaska, 1999

High Wind in Alaska, February 13 to 15, 1999

February 13 to 15, 1999 · NWS AFC · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

A moderate front, preceded by brisk easterly winds, continued to elongate eastward across the Alaska Peninsula and into the Gulf of Alaska.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
4

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 moderate front, preceded by brisk easterly winds, continued to elongate eastward across the Alaska Peninsula and into the Gulf of Alaska.

Event by event

4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Western Alaska Peninsula

When
February 13, 8:00 AM AST to 7:00 PM AST
Where
Western Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
Measured
61 kt (70 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Adjusted wind gusts reached 70 mph at Cold Bay Saturday afternoon.

High Wind, Cook Inlet

When
February 14, 12:00 AM AST to 4:00 PM AST
Where
Cook Inlet forecast zone
Measured
81 kt (93 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Portage ASOS adjusted east wind gusts reached 93 mph between 9:15am and 9:45am Sunday.

High Wind, Kodiak Island-Eastern Alaska Peninsula

When
February 14, 12:00 AM AST to 4:00 PM AST
Where
Kodiak Island-Eastern Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
Measured
49 kt (56 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Adjusted wind gusts reached 56 mph at Kodiak between 4 and 5 am Sunday.

High Wind, Central Gulf Coast

When
February 14, 6:00 AM AST to February 15, 11:00 PM AST
Where
Central Gulf Coast forecast zone
Measured
65 kt (75 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

East wind gusts at Middleton Island reached 75 mph between 2:15 and 2:35 pm Sunday.

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

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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: 5679202, 5679199, 5679201, 5679200.