High Wind, Aleutian Islands
- When
- January 24, 12:00 PM AST to January 25, 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Aleutian Islands forecast zone
- Measured
- 66 kt (76 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, January 24 to 26, 1999
A moderate 980mb low moved northeast to Atka Island very early Monday, continuing east then weakening to 995mbs about 90 miles south of Kodiak Island very early Tuesday. Brisk northwesterly and northerly winds were observed along the back, southwest semicircle of the low.
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS AFC wrote it up.
A moderate 980mb low moved northeast to Atka Island very early Monday, continuing east then weakening to 995mbs about 90 miles south of Kodiak Island very early Tuesday. Brisk northwesterly and northerly winds were observed along the back, southwest semicircle of the low. Gusts reached 76 mph at Adak Monday morning as the low passed to the east. At Saint Paul, brief blizzard conditions were observed between 6 and 9 am Monday...with northeast wind gusts reaching 61 mph. At Cold Bay, northwest wind gusts reached 53 mph between 4 and 5 pm Tuesday. The brisk winds were also accompanied by strong pressure rises.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Pribilof Islands
- When
- January 25, 3:00 AM AST to 6:00 PM AST
- Where
- Pribilof Islands forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Western Alaska Peninsula
- When
- January 26, 12:00 AM AST to 6:00 PM AST
- Where
- Western Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 46 kt (53 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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, January 24, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in New York, January 24 to 26, 1999
- Tornado in Florida, January 24, 1999
- Flash Flood in New York, January 24, 1999
- Flooding in Kentucky, January 24 to 31, 1999
- Flooding in Michigan, January 24 to 28, 1999
- Flash Flood and Heat in Massachusetts, January 24 to 25, 1999
- Flooding in New York, January 24 to 27, 1999
- Flooding in Pennsylvania, January 24 to 25, 1999
- Heavy Snow in California, January 24 to 25, 1999
- Heavy Snow in California, January 24 to 25, 1999
- Flooding in Ohio, January 24, 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: 5678364, 5678365, 5678366.