High Wind, Southern Seward Peninsula-Eastern Norton Sound
- When
- January 8, 6:00 AM AST to January 9, 6:00 PM AST
- Where
- Southern Seward Peninsula-Eastern Norton Sound forecast zone
- Measured
- 68 kt (78 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, January 8 to 9, 1999
and also change orientation so that strong winds occurred in channeled areas of Zone 6. Strongest Winds reorted:Zone 6: Unalakleet 58 mph sustained, gust 69 mph.
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 AFG wrote it up.
Strong high pressure over the Arcitc Ocean moved south to the Arctic Coastal Plain and then southeast to the Northwest Territories of Canada causing the moderate pressure gradient between the high and a low pressure near the Alaska Peninsula to strengthen...and also change orientation so that strong winds occurred in channeled areas of Zone 6. Strongest Winds reorted:Zone 6: Unalakleet 58 mph sustained, gust 69 mph. Golovin: 64 mph sustained, gust 78 mphZone 10: Emmonak: gust 60 mph
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Yukon Delta
- When
- January 8, 2:00 PM AST to 4:00 PM AST
- Where
- Yukon Delta 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 Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, January 8 to 9, 1999
- Ice Storm in West Virginia, January 8, 1999
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, January 8, 1999
- Winter Storm in Ohio, January 8 to 9, 1999
- Winter Storm in West Virginia, January 8 to 9, 1999
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 8 to 9, 1999
- Winter Storm in New York, January 8 to 9, 1999
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, January 8, 1999
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Maine, January 8 to 9, 1999
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, January 8 to 9, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, January 8, 1999
- Ice Storm in Kentucky, January 8, 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: 5681940, 5681941.