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High Wind in Dixon Entrance To Cape Decision Coastal Area, Alaska
High Wind April 10, 2018 · Dixon Entrance To Cape Decision Coastal Area, Alaska
What the National Weather Service wrote
Klawock Airport had a measured gust 58 mph. Forecasters at the Juneau Office cannot recall seeing that so high. Hydaburg AWOS was out of service. Cape Decision had several measured gusts around 74 mph. No damage has been reported so far.
The wider storm
Complex low pressure presisted over the entire Gulf on 4/9 & 4/10. A very strong wave developed south of Haida Gwaii and skirted the coast of SE Alaska causing storm force wind and hurricane force gusts. There was some damage reported, and the peak wind was 100 MPH. The strong wave moved off the coast and into the western Gulf on the morning of 4/11.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 739296. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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