High Wind in Alaska, October 20, 1999

Name: High Wind in Alaska, October 20, 1999
Start: 1999-10-20T04:00
End: 1999-10-20T20:00
Location: Alaska

October 20, 1999 · NWS AJK · 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, Cape Fairweather to Cape Suckling-Coastal Area

When: October 20, 4:00 AM AST to 8:00 PM AST
Where: Cape Fairweather to Cape Suckling-Coastal Area forecast zone
Measured: 70 kt (81 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

A deep low in the Northern Gulg of Alaska brought strong winds to the Eastern Gulf of Alaska Coast where winds in excess of 70kt were observed near Icy Cape.

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, October 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5723211.