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

High Wind January 27, 2017 – January 28, 2017 · Cape Decision To Salisbury Sound Coastal Area, Alaska

60 mph

Estimated gust (52 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Sitka Airport ASOS observed a peak wind 47 MPH at 0500 on 1/28. Cape Decision had 63 MPH at 0100 on 1/28. 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 668176. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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