High Wind, Central Gulf Coast
- When
- April 20, 8:15 AM AST to April 21, 3:00 AM AST
- Where
- Central Gulf Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, April 20 to 21, 2000
An intense 969 mb low curved northwestward by Middleton Island Thursday afternoon. Strong easterly winds were observed along the east and northeast quadrant of the storm.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
An intense 969 mb low curved northwestward by Middleton Island Thursday afternoon. Strong easterly winds were observed along the east and northeast quadrant of the storm. Gusts around Middleton Island above 60 mph began just after 9 am ADT, diminishing below 60 mph around noon. Peak gusts reached 67 mph just after 10 am ADT Thursday.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, April 20, 2000
- Tornado in Tennessee, April 20, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, April 20, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, April 20, 2000
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Ohio, April 20, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Ohio, April 20, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 20, 2000
- Tornado in Tennessee, April 20, 2000
- Flooding and Hail in Michigan, April 20, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 20, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, April 20, 2000
- Tornado in Missouri, April 20, 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: 5136613.