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High Wind in Glacier Bay, Alaska

High Wind December 14, 2013 · Glacier Bay, Alaska

69 mph

Estimated gust (60 kt)

$80K

Crop damage

What the National Weather Service wrote

Cape Spencer was gusting to 90 KT on the evening of Dec 14. Some of this strong wind damaged the dock at Gustavus.

The wider storm

A 976 storm force low moved onshore neat Cape Spencer and redeveloped in northern British Columbia. The State dock at Gustavus was damaged during a westerly surge.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 498980. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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