High Wind in Alaska, September 21 to 22, 1999

Name: High Wind in Alaska, September 21 to 22, 1999
Start: 1999-09-21T21:00
End: 1999-09-22T18:00
Location: Alaska

September 21 to 22, 1999 · NWS AJK · 5 events in 5 counties and zones

5 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 5

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

5 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Cape Fairweather to Cape Suckling-Coastal Area

When: September 21, 9:00 PM AST to September 22, 6:00 PM AST
Where: Cape Fairweather to Cape Suckling-Coastal Area forecast zone
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

A 949mb bomb in the Southern Gulf of Alaska caused a major wind and rain event across the entire Panhandle. Peak winds included 58tk in Yakutat, 52kt at Kake, 52kt at Cape Spencer, 54kt at Cape Decision, 58kt at Ketchikan, 53kt at Annette Island, 56kt at Skagway, 77kt at Hydaberg, and 52kt at Juneau Federal Building.

High Wind, Cape Decision to Cape Fairweather-Coastal Area

When: September 21, 9:00 PM AST to September 22, 6:00 PM AST
Where: Cape Decision to Cape Fairweather-Coastal Area forecast zone
Measured: 54 kt (62 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

High Wind, Lynn Canal-Glacier Bay

When: September 21, 9:00 PM AST to September 22, 6:00 PM AST
Where: Lynn Canal-Glacier Bay forecast zone
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

High Wind, Juneau Borough-Admiralty Island-Icy Strait Area

When: September 21, 9:00 PM AST to September 22, 6:00 PM AST
Where: Juneau Borough-Admiralty Island-Icy Strait Area forecast zone
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

High Wind, Frederick Sound-Kupreanof-Wrangell Islands to Ernest South

When: September 21, 9:00 PM AST to September 22, 6:00 PM AST
Where: Frederick Sound-Kupreanof-Wrangell Islands to Ernest South 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, 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: 5723562, 5723563, 5723564, 5723565, 5723566.