High Wind, Susitna Valley
- When
- March 5, 12:00 AM AST to March 6, 6:00 PM AST
- Where
- Susitna Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, March 5 to 7, 1999
Moderate low pressure in the northern Gulf of Alaska caused brisk north to northwest winds in many areas. Adjusted ASOS wind gusts reached: 48 mph at Gulkana airport in the Copper River Basin between 3pm and 4pm Saturday.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Moderate low pressure in the northern Gulf of Alaska caused brisk north to northwest winds in many areas. Adjusted ASOS wind gusts reached: 48 mph at Gulkana airport in the Copper River Basin between 3pm and 4pm Saturday. 63 mph at the Palmer airport in the Matanuska Valley Friday morning between 6am and 9am and as high as 67 mph early Saturday morning between 2am and 3am. 70 mph at the Valdez City site between 9am and 3pm Friday. 46 mph at the Whittier Boat Harbor several times Friday morning through Saturday morning. On Sunday glacier induced gusts around Whittier reached 58 mph accompanied by wind chills of 25 below.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Central Gulf Coast
- When
- March 5, 12:00 AM AST to March 7, 11:00 PM AST
- Where
- Central Gulf Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Copper River Basin
- When
- March 6, 12:00 PM AST to 8:00 PM AST
- Where
- Copper River Basin forecast zone
- Measured
- 42 kt (48 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
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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: 5680722, 5680723, 5680721.