High Wind, Central Gulf Coast
- When
- May 6, 7:00 AM AST to 12:00 PM AST
- Where
- Central Gulf Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 43 kt (49 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, May 6, 1999
A modified arctic front passing through Kodiak Island and the Kenai Peninsula brought gusty northwest winds to many areas. ASOS adjusted winds reached 50 mph at the Kodiak site from 11 am ADT to 1 pm ADT Thursday.
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 modified arctic front passing through Kodiak Island and the Kenai Peninsula brought gusty northwest winds to many areas. ASOS adjusted winds reached 50 mph at the Kodiak site from 11 am ADT to 1 pm ADT Thursday. ASOS adjusted winds reached 50 mph also at the Seward site between 11 am ADT and noon ADT Thursday.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Kodiak Island-Eastern Alaska Peninsula
- When
- May 6, 9:00 AM AST to 9:00 PM AST
- Where
- Kodiak Island-Eastern Alaska Peninsula 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Hail and Lightning Strike in Georgia, May 6, 1999
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Florida, May 6 to 7, 1999
- High Wind in Ohio, May 6, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Carolina, May 6, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 6, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 6, 1999
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Michigan, May 6, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 6 to 7, 1999
- Flood in Tennessee, May 6, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 6, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 6, 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: 5692206, 5692205.