Alaska, 2024High Wind in Alaska, October 12 to 13, 2024
October 12 to 13, 2024 · NWS AFG · 3 events in 3 counties and zones
A strong Bering Sea low moved into the southern Bering Sea, producing strong northerly winds with gusts up to 67 mph across St Lawrence Island, the Bering Strait coast, and the Seward Peninsula.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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A strong Bering Sea low moved into the southern Bering Sea, producing strong northerly winds with gusts up to 67 mph across St Lawrence Island, the Bering Strait coast, and the Seward Peninsula.
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 11, 12:07 PM AKST, 23 hours 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 11, 12:07 PM AKST, 23 hours 49 minutes before
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</html>High Wind, Bering Strait Coast
- When
- October 12, 11:56 AM AKST to 8:15 PM AKST
- Where
- Bering Strait Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 64.833, -163.751 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winds increased during the morning of October 12th, with both Brevig Mission (PFKT) and Wales (PFKT) AWOS stations reporting frequent gusts near 60 mph throughout the afternoon hours. Winds gusted as high as 61 mph at Wales. Winds diminished during the late evening and overnight hours.
High Wind, Interior Seward Peninsula
- When
- October 12, 12:29 PM AKST to 12:33 PM AKST
- Where
- Interior Seward Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 64.833, -163.751 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A public weather station reported wind gusts as high as 61 mph along the Taylor Highway north of Nome.
High Wind, St. Lawrence Island
- When
- October 12, 12:33 PM AKST to October 13, 7:53 PM AKST
- Where
- St. Lawrence Island forecast zone
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- C-MAN Station
- Coordinates
- 64.833, -163.751 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winds increased during the morning of October 12th, with the Gambell Marine Exchange C-MAN station reporting frequent gusts of 60 mph and higher. Winds gusted as high as 67 mph. These winds continued through the early evening hours of October 13th before diminishing.
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
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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: 1220036, 1220037, 1220038.