High Wind in Alaska, April 9 to 10, 2000

Name: High Wind in Alaska, April 9 to 10, 2000
Start: 2000-04-09T19:00
End: 2000-04-10T07:00
Location: Alaska

April 9 to 10, 2000 · NWS AFC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Aleutian Islands

When: April 9, 7:00 PM AST to April 10, 7:00 AM AST
Where: Aleutian Islands forecast zone
Measured: 67 kt (77 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

A moderate front, approaching the central Aleutians from the southwest, was preceded by brisk east to southeast winds. Gusts at the Dutch Harbor Spit, in the lee of Mount Balleyhoo, reached 77 mph between 1 am ADT and 1:30 am ADT Monday. Wind gusts above 60 mph began at the site just after 8pm ADT Sunday, finally diminishing below 60 mph at 6 am ADT Monday, just before frontal passage. Winds in this area are often 'super-gradient' and come down as "williwas" from the mountain.

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

Every storm in Alaska in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5135708.