High Wind in Alaska, March 29, 1999

Name: High Wind in Alaska, March 29, 1999
Start: 1999-03-29T12:00
End: 1999-03-29T23:59
Location: Alaska

March 29, 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, Pribilof Islands

When: March 29, 12:00 PM AST to 11:59 PM AST
Where: Pribilof Islands forecast zone
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Strong easterly winds developed Monday across the Pribilof Islands. The winds were caused by a retreating arctic front and a moderate, northeastward moving polar front. Brisk east winds continued through early Tuesday. Wind gusts reached a peak 69 mph at Saint George Island just before 8 pm Monday. Blizzard conditions were also reported across both islands for up to 9 hours.

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, 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: 5681142.