High Wind, Aleutian Islands
- When
- August 1, 12:00 AM AST to 3:00 PM AST
- Where
- Aleutian Islands forecast zone
- Measured
- 63 kt (72 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, August 1 to 2, 2000
A moderate front across the extreme eastern Aleutians Tuesday was preceded by brisk southeast winds. By late Wednesday, the front extended in a long arc from the eastern Copper River Basin to Kodiak and southwestward.
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.
A moderate front across the extreme eastern Aleutians Tuesday was preceded by brisk southeast winds. By late Wednesday, the front extended in a long arc from the eastern Copper River Basin to Kodiak and southwestward. The parent low deepened to 974 mbs about 300 miles north of Atka Tuesday, then slowly began to weaken and move toward the west coast of the State.Prefrontal wind gusts reached 73 mph at the Dutch Harbor Spit between noon and 1 pm ADT Tuesday. Gusts there diminished below 60 mph at 4 pm.Wind gusts at Cold Bay briefly reached 60 mph in gusts between 3 am and 4 am Wednesday. These winds were observed on the southeast side of the low...well after the front had passed.Wind gusts of 68 mph were recorded at Glenn Alps, along the Upper Anchorage Hillside between midnight and 6 pm Wednesday, after which gusts subsided to less than 60 mph. At the Portage ASOS, east southeast wind gusts peaked at 62 mph between 1 pm and 2 pm Wednesday as the front neared, accompanied by moderate rainfall.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Western Alaska Peninsula
- When
- August 1, 3:00 PM AST to August 2, 3:00 AM AST
- Where
- Western Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Cook Inlet
- When
- August 2, 12:00 PM AST to 1:00 PM AST
- Where
- Cook Inlet 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
- Heat in Texas, August 1 to 31, 2000
- Wildfire in California, August 1 to 10, 2000
- Drought in Oklahoma, August 1 to 31, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 1 to 2, 2000
- Drought in Louisiana, August 1 to 31, 2000
- Heat in Kansas, August 1 to 31, 2000
- Wildfire in Montana, August 1 to 28, 2000
- Drought in Texas, August 1 to 31, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 1, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 1, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Wyoming, August 1, 2000
- Drought in Texas, August 1 to 31, 2000
More
Every storm in Alaska in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, August 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: 5176077, 5176078, 5176079.