High Wind, Aleutian Islands
- When
- January 4, 6:00 PM AST to January 6, 6:00 AM AST
- Where
- Aleutian Islands forecast zone
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, January 4 to 6, 1999
An intense 960 mb low, about 300 miles south of Amchitka Monday afternoon curved northwest toward the southern Kamchatka Peninsula, finally making landfall there and beginning to weaken rapidly Wednesday afternoon. The front associated with this intense storm elongated north and east out of the low, lying from the southwestern Bering Sea through Dutch Harbor, in a much weakened form, early…
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.
An intense 960 mb low, about 300 miles south of Amchitka Monday afternoon curved northwest toward the southern Kamchatka Peninsula, finally making landfall there and beginning to weaken rapidly Wednesday afternoon. The front associated with this intense storm elongated north and east out of the low, lying from the southwestern Bering Sea through Dutch Harbor, in a much weakened form, early Wednesday. Strong east to southeast wind preceded the front, with sustained wind of 75 mph at the F/V "Mahimahi" (WHRN) which followed a westward track just north of the Aleutians...just in advance of the front for over 24 hours. Wind gusts reached 65 mph at Adak late Monday and early Tuesday as the front moved into that area. Additionally, strong southeasterly winds were observed along the southeast quadrant of the low...reaching speeds close to 60 mph in gusts.
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
- Cold in Michigan, January 4 to 5, 1999
- Dense Fog in Oregon, January 4, 1999
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 4 to 5, 1999
- Winter Weather in Michigan, January 4, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, January 4 to 5, 1999
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 4, 1999
- Winter Storm in Colorado, January 4 to 5, 1999
- High Wind in Washington, January 4, 1999
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: 5680114.