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High Wind in Salisbury Sound To Cape Fairweather Coastal Area, Alaska
High Wind January 26, 2017 – January 27, 2017 · Salisbury Sound To Cape Fairweather Coastal Area, Alaska
What the National Weather Service wrote
On the morning of 1/27, the Pelican observer called back and reported estimated gusts near 70 mph between 0400 and 0500 am this morning. Three squares of metal roofing were blown off of the fish processing plant. Two downed trees around town. One blocked the dump cutting off cell phone coverage.
The wider storm
A storm force low developed SSW of our forecast area deepening to 974 MB just off Cape Spencer early on the morning of 1/27. This low then dissipated over Western Gulf by afternoon causing minor damage for for a few areas in SE Alaska.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 668209. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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