High Wind — Annette Island, Alaska

2025-09-26 · Annette Island, Alaska

Event narrative

The peak wind measured at the Annette Island Packing Company in Metlakatla was 61mph in the 9am AKDT hour on the 26th. Other peak winds measured at higher elevations on the island ranged from 65 to 74mph.

Wider weather episode

An unusually strong fall storm developed and moved northeast into the Gulf of Alaska during the early morning hours of Friday 9/26, with pressure falling to 962mph and with hurricane force winds observed on the south side of the low center. As the system progressed northeastward, winds along the coast from Prince of Wales northward towards Baranof Island increased with damaging winds reported. The system made landfall over the central panhandle Friday afternoon around 4pm, just north of Sitka, near Kruzof Island. Tree fall and damaging winds were also reported in the Petersburg Borough and on Admiralty Island that afternoon.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1295965. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.