Alaska, 1999

High Wind in Alaska, September 16, 1999

September 16, 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
September 16, 10:00 AM AST to 8:00 PM AST
Where
Cape Fairweather to Cape Suckling-Coastal Area forecast zone
Measured
60 kt (69 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Avery strong low in the Northern Gulf of Alaska brought strong winds to the Eastern coast with the passage of the associated occulusion. Cape yakataga winds 50 to 60kt.

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

Every storm in Alaska in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, September 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: 5723561.