High Wind — Dixon Entrance To Cape Decision Coastal Area, Alaska

2015-04-28 · Dixon Entrance To Cape Decision Coastal Area, Alaska

Event narrative

Klawock ASOS peak wind 54 mph at 0753 AKST. Point Baker estimate of 80 to 85 mph gusts this morning. Minor damage and power outages reported.

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 564684. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.