High Wind, Central Gulf Coast
- When
- January 13, 3:00 AM AST to 7:00 PM AST
- Where
- Central Gulf Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, January 13, 1999
Easterly winds increased through much of the day Wednesday, as a strong front moved north and northeast across the Gulf of Alaska. Wind gusts of 60 mph were recorded at the Portage Visitor's Center ASOS between 4 and 5am, while gusts reached 68 mph at Middleton Island between 5:15 and 5:35 am Wednesday.
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.
Easterly winds increased through much of the day Wednesday, as a strong front moved north and northeast across the Gulf of Alaska. Wind gusts of 60 mph were recorded at the Portage Visitor's Center ASOS between 4 and 5am, while gusts reached 68 mph at Middleton Island between 5:15 and 5:35 am Wednesday.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Cook Inlet
- When
- January 13, 3:00 AM AST to 7:00 PM AST
- Where
- Cook Inlet forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 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
- Winter Storm and Heavy Rain in Pennsylvania, January 13 to 15, 1999
- Winter Storm and Heavy Rain in New Jersey, January 13 to 15, 1999
- Winter Storm in Ohio, January 13, 1999
- Winter Storm in Ohio, January 13 to 15, 1999
- Winter Storm in West Virginia, January 13 to 15, 1999
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 13, 1999
- Hail in Louisiana, January 13, 1999
- Winter Weather in New York, January 13, 1999
- Cold in Maine, January 13 to 14, 1999
- Winter Weather in Maine, January 13, 1999
- Winter Storm in Ohio, January 13 to 14, 1999
- Winter Storm in New York, January 13 to 15, 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: 5680225, 5680226.