Alaska, 2019High 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.
- 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.
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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</html>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.
- 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.
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, October 26, 20191 death · 1 injured · $9.3 million · 75 kt wind · 6 events
- Damaging Winds and Strong Wind in Mississippi, October 26, 20191 death · $729,000 · 55 kt wind · 25 events
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Wyoming, October 26 to 28, 20191 death · 13 events
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, October 26, 2019$8.1 million · 83 kt wind · 5 events
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, October 26, 2019$379,000 · 61 kt wind · 11 events
- Wildfire in Nebraska, October 26, 2019$45,000 · 1 event
- Strong Wind in Alabama, October 26, 2019$40,000 · 3 events
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, October 26, 20191 injured · 65 kt wind · 9 events
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, October 26, 2019$17,000 · 52 kt wind · 5 events
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, October 26, 2019$15,000 · 53 kt wind · 3 events
- Flash Flood and High Wind in Louisiana, October 26, 201959 kt wind · 10 events
- Debris Flows and Flooding in Puerto Rico, October 26, 20195 events
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.