Alaska, 1999

High Wind in Alaska, June 5 to 6, 1999

June 5 to 6, 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
June 5, 3:30 PM AST to June 6, 12:00 PM AST
Where
Western Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
Measured
54 kt (62 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Locally strong southeast winds were reported around Cold Bay Saturday as a moderate front moved toward the area from the west. Adjusted ASOS gusts reached 62 mph Saturday afternoon and Saturday night. Gusty southeast winds finally diminished below 55 mph just after noon Sunday.

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

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: 5708338.