High Wind, Aleutian Islands
- When
- May 10, 7:00 PM AST to May 11, 5:00 AM AST
- Where
- Aleutian Islands forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, May 10 to 11, 1999
A moderate front travelling east across the Aleutians Monday and Tuesday morning moved through the Alaska Peninsula Tuesday afternoon. Adjusted ASOS gusts at Adak reached 63 mph from the southwest late Monday through early Tuesday.
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 AFC wrote it up.
A moderate front travelling east across the Aleutians Monday and Tuesday morning moved through the Alaska Peninsula Tuesday afternoon. The front was preceded by brisk southerly winds across the Aleutians.Adjusted ASOS gusts at Adak reached 63 mph from the southwest late Monday through early Tuesday.
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
- High Wind in Iowa, May 10, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Minnesota, May 10, 1999
- Hail in Florida, May 10, 1999
- Tornado in Texas, May 10, 1999
- Tornado in Texas, May 10, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 10 to 29, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 10, 1999
- Hail in Texas, May 10, 1999
- Tornado in Texas, May 10, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 10, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 10, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 10 to 26, 1999
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, May 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: 5692327.