High Wind, Cook Inlet
- When
- November 4, 12:00 AM AST to 3:00 PM AST
- Where
- Cook Inlet forecast zone
- Measured
- 63 kt (72 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, November 4, 1999
Super gradient northeasterly winds, blowing into a moderate low in the western Gulf of Alaska, were recorded across lower Cook Inlet and at the entrance to Prince William Sound. These wind reports were located in areas just to the north of the arctic front.
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.
Super gradient northeasterly winds, blowing into a moderate low in the western Gulf of Alaska, were recorded across lower Cook Inlet and at the entrance to Prince William Sound. These wind reports were located in areas just to the north of the arctic front. Gusts reached 73 mph at the newly installed Augustine Island C-Man site in lower Cook Inlet Thursday afternoon and evening. Wind gusts at Middleton Island reached 64 mph Thursday.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Central Gulf Coast
- When
- November 4, 12:00 AM AST to 3:30 PM AST
- Where
- Central Gulf Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 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.
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The same day elsewhere
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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: 5717257, 5717258.