Alaska, 1999

High Wind in Alaska, November 15, 1999

November 15, 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, Susitna Valley

When
November 15, 7:00 PM AST to 11:59 PM AST
Where
Susitna Valley forecast zone
Measured
59 kt (68 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Brisk northeast winds originating near the Matanuska Glacier, gusted to 58 mph briefly at the Wasilla fire station. Wind gusts around Palmer reached 68 mph just before, and then just after, midnight Monday.

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

More

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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: 5723739.