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

High Wind January 28, 2017 · Salisbury Sound To Cape Fairweather Coastal Area, Alaska

70 mph

Estimated gust (61 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

All of our important weather sensors for Zone 22 were inoperative during this storm. The Cape Fairweather buoy had gusts to 71 MPH. No damage was reported.

The wider storm

The third in a series of storm force lows moved along 140W to make landfall near Yakutat on 1/28. The very strong winds caused minor damage and power outages all along the coast.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 668171. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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