High Wind, Western Alaska Peninsula
- When
- January 10, 10:00 AM AST to 9:00 PM AST
- Where
- Western Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 43 kt (49 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, January 10 to 11, 1999
A moderate front approaching the Alaska Peninsula from the northcentral Pacific Saturday, continued to elongate northeastward toward Kodiak Island and into Bristol Bay Monday. The front was preceded by brisk southeast winds.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 approaching the Alaska Peninsula from the northcentral Pacific Saturday, continued to elongate northeastward toward Kodiak Island and into Bristol Bay Monday. The front was preceded by brisk southeast winds. Gusts reached 50 mph at Cold Bay just after noon Sunday...rapidly diminishing as the front passed late Sunday. Along the Bristol Bay area...gusts reached 44 mph at Egegik and 41 mph at Cape Newenham late Monday morning just prior to the frontal passage. Further to the east, wind gusts began to increase Monday morning, topping out at 51 mph at Middleton Island and 58 mph at the Portage Visitor Center just before 3pm Monday afternoon.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Bristol Bay Coastal
- When
- January 11, 12:00 AM AST to 12:00 PM AST
- Where
- Bristol Bay Coastal forecast zone
- Measured
- 38 kt (44 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
- Cold in Illinois, January 10, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, January 10 to 11, 1999
- Winter Storm and Lake-Effect Snow in Michigan, January 10 to 11, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Washington, January 10 to 30, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 10 to 11, 1999
- High Wind in Wyoming, January 10 to 11, 1999
- Ice Storm in Montana, January 10 to 11, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Montana, January 10 to 11, 1999
- High Wind in Colorado, January 10 to 11, 1999
- High Wind in Alaska, January 10 to 11, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 10 to 11, 1999
- Flood in Oregon, January 10, 1999
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, January 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: 5680221, 5680222.