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High Wind in Anchorage Muni To Bird Creek, Alaska

High Wind December 3, 2011 – December 4, 2011 · Anchorage Muni To Bird Creek, Alaska

119 mph

Measured gust (103 kt)

$1.5M

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

Glenn Alps reported a peak gust of 118 mph. Numerous trees were blown down and caused widespread damage to power utilities resulting in power outages. Chugach Electric had crews out around the clock to repair and restore power.

The wider storm

An intense Bering Sea Storm produced high wind across the Pribilof Islands and warm moist and windy conditions across much of south central Alaska. The peak wind in the Anchorage area was 118 mph at Glenn Alps. Heavy snow fell in the Susitna Valley where one lodge reported 16 inches of snow. Freezing rain fell over the Anchorage, Palmer, Wasilla and Susitna Valley as well as in the lower Kuskokwim Valley.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 350476. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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