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High Wind in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska
High Wind September 30, 2024 · Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska
What the National Weather Service wrote
Salmon Landing station SLXA2 reported a peak wind gust of 63 mph at 1153 AKDT after previously reporting a wind gust of 60 mph at 1113 AKDT. Report on social media of dumpsters rolling into streets from the force of the wind gusts.
The wider storm
A strong autumn low developed over the Gulf, and sent a strong front sweeping into the panhandle, bringing with it high winds to the southern panhandle and outer gulf coast, before the front weakened as it moved north.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1213808. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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