High Wind, Cape Decision to Cape Fairweather-Coastal Area
- When
- February 4, 4:00 PM AST to February 5, 6:00 AM AST
- Where
- Cape Decision to Cape Fairweather-Coastal Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, February 4 to 5, 1999
3 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Southern Southeast Alaska Ernest Sound to Dixon Entrance
- When
- February 4, 4:00 PM AST to February 5, 6:00 AM AST
- Where
- Southern Southeast Alaska Ernest Sound to Dixon Entrance forecast zone
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision-Coastal Area
- When
- February 4, 4:00 PM AST to February 5, 6:00 AM AST
- Where
- Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision-Coastal Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Storng low moved along southern outer coast of the Panhandle. Annette Island 54kt. Ketchikan 52kt. Hydaburg 65kt. Metlakatla 58kt. Cale Decision 54kt. Cape Spencer 56kt.
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
More
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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: 5723581, 5723582, 5723583.