High Wind, Juneau Borough-Admiralty Island-Icy Strait Area
- When
- October 24, 4:00 AM AST to October 25, 4:00 AM AST
- Where
- Juneau Borough-Admiralty Island-Icy Strait Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, October 24 to 25, 1999
3 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Southern Southeast Alaska Ernest Sound to Dixon Entrance
- When
- October 24, 4:00 AM AST to October 25, 4:00 AM AST
- Where
- Southern Southeast Alaska Ernest Sound to Dixon Entrance forecast zone
- Measured
- 66 kt (76 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision-Coastal Area
- When
- October 24, 4:00 AM AST to October 25, 4:00 AM AST
- Where
- Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision-Coastal Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
A very deep low pressure system rolled up the Southern outer cpast of the Panhandle bringing high winds to the Southern and Central portions of Southeast Alaska. Peak winds included 66kt at Ketchikan Harbor, 61kt at Ketchikan airport tower, 60kt at Annette Island, 60kt at Hydaberg, 52kt at Sitka, 58kt at Cape Decision, 52kt at Juneau, and 57kt at Juneau Ranger Station.
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5723306, 5723307, 5723308.