High Wind in Alaska, May 29 to 30, 1999

Name: High Wind in Alaska, May 29 to 30, 1999
Start: 1999-05-29T00:00
End: 1999-05-30T12:00
Location: Alaska

May 29 to 30, 1999 · NWS AFC · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

In the Central Gulf Coast area, at the entrance to Prince William Sound, adjusted ASOS wind gusts reached 78 mph at Middleton Island just prior to frontal passage around 10 pm ADT Saturday. In the Cook Inlet area, locally brisk easterly winds were also reported through Turnagain Arm and along the Anchorage Upper Hillside.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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 frontal system approaching the Kenai Peninsula and Prince William Sound from the south southwest was preceded by brisk easterly winds in several areas.In the Central Gulf Coast area, at the entrance to Prince William Sound, adjusted ASOS wind gusts reached 78 mph at Middleton Island just prior to frontal passage around 10 pm ADT Saturday. Brisk easterly winds were also reported at Cordova, through Prince William Sound and Passage Canal.In the Cook Inlet area, locally brisk easterly winds were also reported through Turnagain Arm and along the Anchorage Upper Hillside. Wind gusts reached an adjusted 78 mph at the Portage ASOS Saturday.

Event by event

2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Cook Inlet

When: May 29, 12:00 AM AST to May 30, 7:00 AM AST
Where: Cook Inlet forecast zone
Measured: 68 kt (78 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

High Wind, Central Gulf Coast

When: May 29, 12:00 AM AST to May 30, 12:00 PM AST
Where: Central Gulf Coast forecast zone
Measured: 68 kt (78 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, 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: 5692335, 5692336.