High Wind — Inner Channels From Kupreanof Island To Etolin Island, Alaska

2015-04-28 · Inner Channels From Kupreanof Island To Etolin Island, Alaska

Event narrative

Trained spotter Edna Bay gusts to 60 mph. Kake totem pole cracked at the top. Power outage Coffman Cove. Wrangell AWOS peak wind 63 mph at 0716 AKST.

Wider weather episode

An unseasonable storm hit the Southern Panhandle early on the morning of Tuesday April 28th. The low began to develop SSW of the Queen Charlotte Islands on Monday afternoon deepening to to 979 MB over Dixon Entrance early Tuesday morning. The center moved over Sitka by 9 AM then rapidly weakened over the Eastern gulf of Alaska Tuesday afternoon. Numerous reports of downed trees, power outages, and wind damage were reported particularly in Ketchikan. Gusts over 100 MPH were measured.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 564679. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.