High Wind — Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska
2024-10-12 · Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska
55 MG
Magnitude
Event narrative
Marine Exchange stations in downtown Ketchikan measured multiple gusts in excess of 60 mph on Saturday October 12th. The peak wind gust of 63 mph was measured at Salmon Landing at 133pm AKDT. Local officials in Ketchikan reported at 233pm AKDT that a section of road was closed due to tree damage. Earlier, as the warm front passed, this Salmon Landing location also had a single peak gust of 62 mph at 104am AKDT, but no other locations had high winds at that time.
Wider weather episode
A storm force frontal system caused two rounds of high winds over the outer coast and Southern Inner Channels.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1221244. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.