High Wind in Alaska, May 30, 1999

Name: High Wind in Alaska, May 30, 1999
Start: 1999-05-30T00:00
End: 1999-05-30T23:59
Location: Alaska

May 30, 1999 · NWS AFC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Kodiak Island-Eastern Alaska Peninsula

When: May 30, 12:00 AM AST to 11:59 PM AST
Where: Kodiak Island-Eastern Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
Measured: 69 kt (79 mph)
Reported by: OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY

A fishing vessel near Dry Bay, on the southwest side of Shelikof Strait, reported winds to 80 mph and 40 foot seas. The captain was having great difficulty controlling the vessel and was prepared to abandon ship with the 3 crew members. A NOAA research vessel, the Miller Freeman, about 25 miles away reported winds of 20 knots and seas of 18 ft, however. The Dry Bay area is adjacent to Wide Bay, a noted 'blow hole' out of the Alaska Peninsula for strong northwest winds in seemingly benign pressure patterns.

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

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: 5692337.