High Wind, Bristol Bay Coastal
- When
- May 3, 7:00 AM AST to May 4, 10:00 AM AST
- Where
- Bristol Bay Coastal forecast zone
- Measured
- 43 kt (49 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, May 3 to 4, 1999
An area of brisk northwest winds, between a large, strong high in the western Aleutians and moderate low pressure in the northeastern Gulf of Alaska, produced locally brisk northwest winds along the southwest Alaskan coast and the Alaska Peninsula. Adjusted wind gusts above 40 mph began at Cold Bay just after 8:30 pm ADT Monday continuing through late Tuesday morning.
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.
An area of brisk northwest winds, between a large, strong high in the western Aleutians and moderate low pressure in the northeastern Gulf of Alaska, produced locally brisk northwest winds along the southwest Alaskan coast and the Alaska Peninsula. Adjusted wind gusts above 40 mph began at Cold Bay just after 8:30 pm ADT Monday continuing through late Tuesday morning. Peak adjusted gusts reached 52 mph between 8 am ADT and 9 am ADT Tuesday, briefly causing blizzard conditions in light snow and blowing snow at the Cold Bay ASOS.Additionally, brisk northwest winds were also reported along the western capes of the Bristol Bay zone and the Kuskokwim Delta zone. Adjusted wind gusts reached 50 mph at Cape Romanzof between 9 pm ADT and 10 pm ADT Monday.Cape Newenham, at the western tip of the Bristol Bay zone, recorded wind gusts over 40 mph from 7 am ADT Monday through 10 am ADT Tuesday. Peak winds there reached an adjusted 50 mph between 6 am ADT and 6:30 am ADT Tuesday.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Western Alaska Peninsula
- When
- May 3, 8:00 PM AST to May 4, 10:00 AM AST
- Where
- Western Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Kuskokwim Delta
- When
- May 3, 8:00 PM AST to 9:00 PM AST
- Where
- Kuskokwim Delta forecast zone
- Measured
- 43 kt (49 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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 3, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kansas, May 3 to 12, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, May 3 to 4, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, May 3, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 3 to 4, 1999
- High Wind in California, May 3, 1999
- Tornado in Nebraska, May 3, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 3, 1999
- High Wind in Nevada, May 3, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 3, 1999
- Wildfire in Florida, May 3, 1999
- Tornado in Nebraska, May 3, 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: 5692204, 5692202, 5692203.