High Wind in Alaska, November 1, 1999

Name: High Wind in Alaska, November 1, 1999
Start: 1999-11-01T00:00
End: 1999-11-01T11:00
Location: Alaska

November 1, 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, Central Gulf Coast

When: November 1, 12:00 AM AST to 11:00 AM AST
Where: Central Gulf Coast forecast zone
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

An intense 975 mb low moved northward through the Gulf of Alaska, centering just east of Middleton Island late Sunday. Strong southeast winds preceded the low across the eastern Gulf of Alaska, with at least one report of 100 mph gusts across the open waters of the eastern Gulf of Alaska. On the back side of the storm, wind gusts reached 63 mph at Middleton Island between 6am and noon Monday. Wind gusts also reached 61 mph at Seward and 52 mph at Whittier Monday afternoon.

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, November 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: 5717250.