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High Wind in Juneau Borough and Northern Admiralty Island, Alaska
High Wind February 22, 2019 – February 23, 2019 · Juneau Borough and Northern Admiralty Island, Alaska
What the National Weather Service wrote
Wind gusts were very strong with this Taku wind event on the night of 2/22 and the morning of 2/23. AJ dock had a gust 87 mph at 1704 on 2/22. Numerous gusts were in the 70s. No damage was reported. LLWS was a problem at the Airport, but no accidents.
The wider storm
Strong arctic high pressure built into the Yukon Territory on 2/21 to 2/23 causing Taku winds again for Downtown Juneau and Douglas. One gust was 87 mph at the AJ Dock. Miraculously, no damage was reported.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 798655. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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