High Wind, Central Gulf Coast
- When
- January 15, 6:00 PM AST to January 19, 9:00 PM AST
- Where
- Central Gulf Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, January 15 to 19, 1999
Wind gusts frequently reached 52 mph around Whittier as strong and cold high pressure across the Upper Tanana Valley caused cold air to rush seaward through areas adjacent to Prince William Sound.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
Wind gusts frequently reached 52 mph around Whittier as strong and cold high pressure across the Upper Tanana Valley caused cold air to rush seaward through areas adjacent to Prince William Sound.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 15 to 25, 1999
- Winter Storm in New York, January 15, 1999
- Strong Wind and Heavy Rain in Rhode Island, January 15, 1999
- Strong Wind and Heavy Rain in Massachusetts, January 15, 1999
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 15 to 16, 1999
- Winter Storm in New Jersey, January 15, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Connecticut, January 15, 1999
- Winter Weather in Massachusetts, January 15, 1999
- Winter Weather in Virginia, January 15, 1999
- Winter Storm in New York, January 15, 1999
- Flash Flooding in New Jersey, January 15, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Utah, January 15 to 19, 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: 5680232.