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

High Wind October 9, 2015 · Cape Decision To Salisbury Sound Coastal Area, Alaska

72 mph

Estimated gust (63 kt)

$6K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

Southern Baranof Island had sustained wind around 50 mph, but one site had gusts to

to 76 mph. Power outages were common but damages was limited to a gangway blowing off a dock and windfall trees. A house on stilts in Angoon collapsed for a total loss but the wind there was only gusting to 30 mph.

The wider storm

A deep 962 MB storm force low pressure system moved into the Eastern Gulf of Alaska on the morning of October 9th causing minor damage by wind for several coastal areas.

Power outages were common and there was significant damage to a dock. The storm abated on the evening of Oct 9th.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 606562. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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