High Wind — Cape Decision To Salisbury Sound Coastal Area, Alaska

2014-11-05 to 2014-11-06 · Cape Decision To Salisbury Sound Coastal Area, Alaska

Event narrative

Port Alexander reported very strong gusts but with no measurements. NCEP surface analyses indicated extreme surface pressure gradients in the area. No damage reported. Gusts to 55 KT were observed at Cape Decision at 1500.

Wider weather episode

Rapid development took place well SW of Dixon Entrance on Wed Nov 5. The storm center deepened to 970 MB just off Dixon Entrance Wednesday afternoon then rapidly weakened over land to 986 MB near Cape Spencer later that evening. Marine storm force winds were common with this system with hurricane force gusts. Land winds gusted as high as 92 MPH and caused damage particularly in Ketchikan with one roof blown away with trees down and power outages.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 542366. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.