High Wind, North Slopes of Brooks Range
- When
- March 7, 1:00 PM AST to March 8, 3:00 AM AST
- Where
- North Slopes of Brooks Range forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
High Wind in Alaska, March 7 to 8, 1999
A cold front moved south across the Brooks Range the afternoon of the 7th bringing gusty north winds to Atigun Pass. State of Alaska Department of Transportation camp at Chandalar Shelf just south of the Pass reported gusts to 60 mph, and estimated there were gusts to 70 mph right in the pass.
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 cold front moved south across the Brooks Range the afternoon of the 7th bringing gusty north winds to Atigun Pass. State of Alaska Department of Transportation camp at Chandalar Shelf just south of the Pass reported gusts to 60 mph, and estimated there were gusts to 70 mph right in the pass.
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
- Strong Wind in New Hampshire, March 7, 1999
- Cold in Maine, March 7 to 9, 1999
- Strong Wind in New Jersey, March 7, 1999
- Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, March 7, 1999
- High Wind in Texas, March 7, 1999
- Strong Wind in Maryland, March 7, 1999
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 7 to 8, 1999
- Strong Wind in Delaware, March 7, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, March 7 to 8, 1999
- High Wind in Colorado, March 7, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, March 7, 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: 5682935.