A storm force low at 988 MB in the central Gulf of Alaska moved NW to Middleton Island on the night of 10/10. Strong surface pressure differences occurred for most of the Panhandle on 10/11.
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 storm force low at 988 MB in the central Gulf of Alaska moved NW to Middleton Island on the night of 10/10. Strong surface pressure differences occurred for most of the Panhandle on 10/11.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Juneau, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 10, 1:56 PM AKST, 7 hours 4 minutes earlier.
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</html>1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Yakutat Airport ASOS measured gusts as high as 51 mph. Estimated wind in the area was 60 mph based on known windier areas around town. No damage was reported.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alaska in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, October 2019
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 854820.