High Wind in Alaska, May 3 to 4, 1999

Name: High Wind in Alaska, May 3 to 4, 1999
Start: 1999-05-03T11:00
End: 1999-05-04T19:00
Location: Alaska

May 3 to 4, 1999 · NWS AFC · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Wind gusts above 40 mph were recorded around Cold Bay from 10 am Monday through 6 pm Tuesday. Gusts reached 52 mph Tuesday morning between 8 am ADT and 9 am ADT.

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.

Locally brisk northwest winds were reported across the Alaska Peninsula and southwest Alaskan Coast, as strong high pressure built into the western Aleutians and a moderate low pressure area persisted in the northern Gulf of Alaska.Wind gusts above 40 mph were recorded around Cold Bay from 10 am Monday through 6 pm Tuesday. Gusts reached 52 mph Tuesday morning between 8 am ADT and 9 am ADT. Wind gusts finally dropped under 40 mph at 6 pm ADT Tuesday.Adjusted AWOS gusts reached 51 mph at Cape Newenham, where winds are accelerated by terrain.

Event by event

2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Western Alaska Peninsula

When: May 3, 11:00 AM AST to May 4, 7:00 PM AST
Where: Western Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
Measured: 45 kt (52 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

High Wind, Bristol Bay Coastal

When: May 3, 7:00 PM AST to May 4, 2:00 PM AST
Where: Bristol Bay Coastal forecast zone
Measured: 44 kt (51 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: 5692199, 5692200.