High Wind in Alaska, August 15 to 16, 2000

Name: High Wind in Alaska, August 15 to 16, 2000
Start: 2000-08-15T02:00
End: 2000-08-16T05:15
Location: Alaska

August 15 to 16, 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: $20,000
Crop damage: $5,000
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, Susitna Valley

When: August 15, 2:00 AM AST to August 16, 5:15 AM AST
Where: Susitna Valley forecast zone
Measured: 85 kt (98 mph)
Property damage: $20,000
Crop damage: $5,000
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Strong northeast winds were observed in the Matanuska Valley Tuesday and Wednesday. Strongest winds were reported by a NWS system at the Wasilla Fire Station...co-located with the Emergency Manager's group. Wind gusts above 60 mph began just after 3 am ADT Tuesday at the Wasilla site and a high wind warning was issued an hour later. Wind gusts built to a peak of 98 mph between 11 am ADT and 11:30 am ADT Tuesday. On Wednesday, peak winds reached 79 mph between 2 am ADT and 2:15 am ADT. Directions were all from the northeast.Strong northeast winds were also observed at the Palmer airport, where gusts of 63 mph were reported just after noon Tuesday. The high winds downed trees and disrupted power to many areas. Repairs to power lines were slowed due to large distances between the outages, which were mainly along tap lines.

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

Every storm in Alaska in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5176082.