A northeasterly downslope wind event occurred on these dates in downtown Juneau and Douglas. The notorious "Taku winds" measured as high as 67 mph at the South Douglas Island mesonet site (9' ASL).
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.
The episode as NWS AJK wrote it up.
A northeasterly downslope wind event occurred on these dates in downtown Juneau and Douglas. The notorious "Taku winds" measured as high as 67 mph at the South Douglas Island mesonet site (9' ASL). An anemometer on the Juneau Federal Building (85' ASL) measured a peak wind gust to 58 mph. High elevation peak wind readings included the Eagle Crest Ski Resort sensor (2624' ASL) at 86 mph and Sheep Mountain (3542' ASL) at 101 mph. A roof was blown off a shed in Douglas. Other minor damage was also reported.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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