High Wind, Tanana Valley
- When
- March 18, 5:45 PM AST to 7:00 PM AST
- Where
- Tanana Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, March 18, 1999
A strong storm moved northeast along the Alaska Peninsula causing south winds to briefly become very strong through the western Alaska Range. Winds at Healy were sustained 25 mph with gusts to 55 mph during the period.
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 AFG wrote it up.
A strong storm moved northeast along the Alaska Peninsula causing south winds to briefly become very strong through the western Alaska Range. Winds at Healy were sustained 25 mph with gusts to 55 mph during the period.
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
- Wildfire in Florida, March 18, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 18, 1999
- Strong Wind in New York, March 18, 1999
- Strong Wind in New Jersey, March 18, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Texas, March 18, 1999
- Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, March 18, 1999
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 18 to 19, 1999
- Strong Wind in Maryland, March 18, 1999
- Strong Wind in Delaware, March 18, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Texas, March 18, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, March 18 to 19, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Texas, March 18 to 19, 1999
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, March 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: 5682938.