High Wind, Aleutian Islands
- When
- October 11, 12:00 AM AST to 1:00 PM AST
- Where
- Aleutian Islands forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, October 11, 1999
A vigorous 980 mb low, just south of Cold Bay Sunday afternoon, moved steadily east northeast to a position 180 miles south of Kodiak late Sunday. At Middleton Island wind gusts peaked at an ASOS adjusted 59 mph from the east just after noon Monday.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 vigorous 980 mb low, just south of Cold Bay Sunday afternoon, moved steadily east northeast to a position 180 miles south of Kodiak late Sunday. The front associated with this low continued northeastward through the Gulf of Alaska to a position just offshore of the northern and eastern Gulf of Alaska coasts late Sunday.Brisk easterly winds preceded the front, while brisk north winds were observed along the 'back side' of the low.Wind gusts reached 64 mph in gusts at Dutch Harbor about midday Monday.Prefrontal, adjusted wind gusts peaked at 62 mph at the Kodiak ASOS Monday evening.Strongest winds were accompanied by heavy rains.At Middleton Island wind gusts peaked at an ASOS adjusted 59 mph from the east just after noon Monday.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Central Gulf Coast
- When
- October 11, 9:00 AM AST to 3:00 PM AST
- Where
- Central Gulf Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Kodiak Island-Eastern Alaska Peninsula
- When
- October 11, 6:00 PM AST to 9:00 PM AST
- Where
- Kodiak Island-Eastern Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5717275, 5717277, 5717276.