High Wind in Alaska, March 5 to 8, 1999

Name: High Wind in Alaska, March 5 to 8, 1999
Start: 1999-03-05T23:00
End: 1999-03-08T06:00
Location: Alaska

March 5 to 8, 1999 · NWS AFC · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

A strong front moved northeast through the western Aleutians late Saturday afternoon. The front began to weaken Sunday as it moved further away from the parent low (in the southwest Bering Sea).

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 4

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 strong front moved northeast through the western Aleutians late Saturday afternoon. The front began to weaken Sunday as it moved further away from the parent low (in the southwest Bering Sea). Strong, southeast, prefrontal winds began to diminish as the front weakened. Wind gusts reached 92 mph in the western and central Aleutians just prior to frontal passage, as reported on both land and sea. Prefrontal gusts of 52 mph were recorded across the Pribilofs. At Cold Bay, ASOS adjusted wind gusts reached 70 mph as the front approached late Friday and early Saturday.

Event by event

4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Kuskokwim Delta

When: March 5, 11:00 PM AST to March 6, 11:00 PM AST
Where: Kuskokwim Delta forecast zone
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

High Wind, Aleutian Islands

When: March 6, 12:00 PM AST to March 7, 11:00 PM AST
Where: Aleutian Islands forecast zone
Measured: 80 kt (92 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

High Wind, Pribilof Islands

When: March 7, 3:00 PM AST to March 8, 12:00 AM AST
Where: Pribilof Islands forecast zone
Measured: 45 kt (52 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

High Wind, Western Alaska Peninsula

When: March 7, 9:00 PM AST to March 8, 6:00 AM AST
Where: Western Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
Measured: 52 kt (60 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

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: 5681399, 5681396, 5681398, 5681397.