High Wind, Bristol Bay Coastal
- When
- April 13, 12:00 PM AST to 3:00 PM AST
- Where
- Bristol Bay Coastal forecast zone
- Measured
- 63 kt (72 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, April 13, 2000
Southwest wind gusts above 60 mph were reported around Dutch Harbor Thursday afternoon from 1:30 pm ADT to 5 pm ADT. These gusty winds were observed along the southeast side of a low that moved from south of Cape Sarichef early Thursday to 90 miles south of Saint George Island Thursday afternoon.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS AFC wrote it up.
Southwest wind gusts above 60 mph were reported around Dutch Harbor Thursday afternoon from 1:30 pm ADT to 5 pm ADT. These gusty winds were observed along the southeast side of a low that moved from south of Cape Sarichef early Thursday to 90 miles south of Saint George Island Thursday afternoon. Highest gusts reached 62 mph just before 4 pm ADT, dimishing below 60 mph thereafter. On the east side of the low, locally brisk southeast winds were also reported around Cape Newenham, where gusts briefly reached 73 mph. These winds also affected portions of adjacent land areas to Kuskokwim Bay.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Kuskokwim Delta
- When
- April 13, 12:00 PM AST to 3:00 PM AST
- Where
- Kuskokwim Delta forecast zone
- Measured
- 63 kt (72 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Aleutian Islands
- When
- April 13, 1:00 PM AST to 4:30 PM AST
- Where
- Aleutian Islands forecast zone
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
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The same day elsewhere
- Dense Fog in North Carolina, April 13, 2000
- Flash Flood and Flood in Idaho, April 13 to 16, 2000
- Winter Storm in North Dakota, April 13, 2000
- Winter Storm in North Dakota, April 13 to 14, 2000
- Winter Storm in Montana, April 13 to 14, 2000
- Winter Storm in Montana, April 13 to 14, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, April 13, 2000
- Winter Storm in Montana, April 13 to 14, 2000
- Winter Storm in Montana, April 13 to 14, 2000
- Winter Storm in Montana, April 13 to 14, 2000
- Tornado in Florida, April 13, 2000
- Hail in California, April 13, 2000
More
Every storm in Alaska in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, April 2000
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5136611, 5136612, 5136126.