Alaska, 2019

High Wind in Alaska, October 26 to 29, 2019

October 26 to 29, 2019 · NWS AFG · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

Southerly flow across the Alaska Range produced strong Chinook winds in the Alaska Range.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
4

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.

Southerly flow across the Alaska Range produced strong Chinook winds in the Alaska Range.

What forecasters said that day

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 Fairbanks, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 26, 3:29 AM AKST, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 26, 3:29 AM AKST, 31 minutes before
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Event by event

4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Deltana and Tanana

When
October 26, 4:00 AM AKST to October 29, 12:00 AM AKST
Where
Deltana and Tanana forecast zone
Measured
61 kt (70 mph) measured gust
Reported by
Mesonet

A peak wind of 61 kt (70 mph) was observed at the North Test Track Mesonet site on Ft. Greely.

High Wind, Upper Kuskokwim Valley

When
October 27, 9:00 AM AKST to October 29, 12:00 AM AKST
Where
Upper Kuskokwim Valley forecast zone
Measured
61 kt (70 mph) measured gust
Reported by
Mesonet

A peak wind of 61 kt (70 mph) reported at the US ARRAY Site named Farewell Lake.

High Wind, Ne. Slopes of the Ern Ak Rng

When
October 27, 2:00 PM AKST to October 29, 10:00 PM AKST
Where
Ne. Slopes of the Ern Ak Rng forecast zone
Measured
80 kt (92 mph) measured gust
Reported by
Mesonet

A peak gust of 80 kt (92 mph) at the Texas Condo Mesonet Site on Ft. Greely.

High Wind, Denali

When
October 27, 2:00 PM AKST to October 29, 8:00 PM AKST
Where
Denali forecast zone
Measured
61 kt (70 mph) measured gust
Reported by
Mesonet

A peak wind of 61 kt (70 mph) at the Healy Mesonet site.

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 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, October 2019

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 858346, 858347, 858348, 858349.