High Wind in Alaska, July 28, 1999

Name: High Wind in Alaska, July 28, 1999
Start: 1999-07-28T14:27
End: 1999-07-28T22:00
Location: Alaska

July 28, 1999 · NWS AFC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Western Alaska Peninsula

When: July 28, 2:27 PM AST to 10:00 PM AST
Where: Western Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Brisk southeast winds preceded a moderate front, which moved northeast through the Bering Sea Wednesday and early Thursday. Gusts reached 64 mph at Cold Bay prior to frontal passage at 10 pm Wednesday. Strongest winds were recorded between 3pm and 4pm ADT Wednesday.

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

Every storm in Alaska in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5700563.