Alaska, 1999High Wind in Alaska, October 26, 1999
October 26, 1999 · NWS AFC · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
- 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.
High Wind, Central Gulf Coast
- When
- October 26, 12:00 AM AST to 6:00 AM AST
- Where
- Central Gulf Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
An intense 968 mb low in the northeast Gulf of Alaska 'coffin corner' Monday afternoon, rotated northwest and began weaken rapidly to a position near Hinchenbrook Island at 4 am ADT Tuesday. Strong southwest winds were observed at Middleton Island along the southeast quadrant of the storm...however these winds were short-lived as the low rapidly weakened. Peak ASOS adjusted winds at Middleton Island reached 69 mph from a west southwest direction between 4:15 am and 4:35 am Tuesday.
- 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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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: 5717382.