High Wind in Alaska, October 5 to 6, 1999

Name: High Wind in Alaska, October 5 to 6, 1999
Start: 1999-10-05T10:15
End: 1999-10-06T15:00
Location: Alaska

October 5 to 6, 1999 · NWS AFG · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Strong High Pressure Over the Beaufort Sea remained stationary while an occluded front moved north over eastern Alaska but dissipated near the Brooks Range. Unofficial report from Western Geophysical platform offshore: peak gust 72 mph evening of 5th.

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS AFG wrote it up.

Strong High Pressure Over the Beaufort Sea remained stationary while an occluded front moved north over eastern Alaska but dissipated near the Brooks Range. Some maximum winds:Deadhorse Airport ASOS 46 mph sustained, gust 58 mph.Barter Island AWOS 49 mph sustained, gust 59 mph.Nuiqsut Airport AWOS 40 mph sustained, gust 51 mph.Kuparuk 39 mph sustained, gust 52 mphColville Village Co-op 647pm 5th gusts 57 mph; 1059am 6th gusts to 53 mph.Unofficial report from Western Geophysical platform offshore: peak gust 72 mph evening of 5th.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Arctic Slope Coastal

When: October 5, 10:15 AM AST to October 6, 3:00 PM AST
Where: Arctic Slope Coastal forecast zone
Measured: 52 kt (60 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.

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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5723920.