High Wind, Arctic Slope Coastal
- When
- September 24, 5:35 AM AST to 11:00 AM AST
- Where
- Arctic Slope Coastal forecast zone
- Measured
- 47 kt (54 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, September 24, 1999
A low pressure center moving north over eastern Alaska reformed over the eastern Arctic coast and then deepened as it continued east along the Canadian Arctic coast. Winds in excess of 50 mph were confined to the area east of Flaxman Island.
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.
A low pressure center moving north over eastern Alaska reformed over the eastern Arctic coast and then deepened as it continued east along the Canadian Arctic coast. Winds in excess of 50 mph were confined to the area east of Flaxman Island. Strongest wind at Barter Island was 45 mph sustained, gust 54 mph.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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: 5710031.