High Wind in Southern Inner Channels, Alaska

High Wind April 21, 2019 – April 22, 2019 · Southern Inner Channels, Alaska

75 mph

Measured gust (65 kt)

$2K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

Gusts 60 to 75 mph were observed in Downtown Ketchikan overnight on 4/21 to 4/22. No damage was reported.

The wider storm

A Deepening storm center tracked into the Eastern Gulf on Sunday evening 4/21 then stalled in the NE Gulf through Mon morning. High winds reached the SW coast of Prince of Wales by midnight then Ketchikan and Edna Bay through early Monday morning. The high winds will continued to move northward through the day as the strong low level jet 70 KT moved north. High pressure building in after the system made the winds persist into Tuesday for the inner channels with a large swell moving onto the outer coast.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 818432. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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