High Wind in Alaska, November 24, 1999

Name: High Wind in Alaska, November 24, 1999
Start: 1999-11-24T06:00
End: 1999-11-24T15:00
Location: Alaska

November 24, 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, Cook Inlet

When: November 24, 6:00 AM AST to 3:00 PM AST
Where: Cook Inlet forecast zone
Measured: 59 kt (68 mph)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Strong outflow winds from the western Alaska Range into lower Cook Inlet produced storm force winds in several locations. Gusts reached 69 mph at the Augustine C-Man site at 9am Wednesday. 58 mph winds were reported at the Big River Lakes observing site, along the western shores of lower Cook Inlet. Additionally, temperatures in the teens coupled with the strong winds to produce significant areas of freezing spray across lower Cook Inlet.

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, 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: 5723836.