High Wind, Western Alaska Peninsula
- When
- July 19, 5:00 AM AST to 6:00 PM AST
- Where
- Western Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, July 19, 1999
A moderate low that moved through the central Aleutians, deepened and moved northeastward toward Nome early Tuesday. Brisk south to southwest winds developed along the southwest semicircle of the low.
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.
A moderate low that moved through the central Aleutians, deepened and moved northeastward toward Nome early Tuesday. Brisk south to southwest winds developed along the southwest semicircle of the low. Gusts reached 64 mph at Bethel Monday evening as the low moved toward Nome. The front preceding the low was responsible for brisk southeasterly winds. ASOS adjusted gusts reached 68 mph at Cold Bay just prior to frontal passage at 7pm Monday, when winds abruptly dropped to less than 15 mph. Additionally, a water spout was reported just west southwest of Cold Bay.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Kuskokwim Delta
- When
- July 19, 5:00 PM AST to 8:00 PM AST
- Where
- Kuskokwim Delta forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 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
- Heat in Nebraska, July 19 to 30, 1999
- Heat in Illinois, July 19 to 31, 1999
- Flooding in Iowa, July 19 to 26, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, July 19, 1999
- Flooding in Iowa, July 19 to 22, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Nebraska, July 19 to 20, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 19, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 19, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 19, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 19, 1999
- Heat in Iowa, July 19 to 31, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, July 19, 1999
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, July 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: 5700561, 5700562.