High Wind, Arctic Slope Coastal
- When
- August 15, 9:00 PM AST to August 16, 7:00 AM AST
- Where
- Arctic Slope Coastal forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, August 15 to 16, 2000
High Pressure over interior Alaska and low pressure moving slowly over Russia Far East created a strong pressure gradient near Cape Lisburne resulting in strong winds. Highest Wind reported only at Cape Lisburne AWOS: 46 mph sustained, gust 58 mph.
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 AFG wrote it up.
High Pressure over interior Alaska and low pressure moving slowly over Russia Far East created a strong pressure gradient near Cape Lisburne resulting in strong winds. Highest Wind reported only at Cape Lisburne AWOS: 46 mph sustained, gust 58 mph.
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
- High Surf in California, August 15, 2000
- Wildfire in Montana, August 15 to 31, 2000
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 15, 2000
- High Wind in Alaska, August 15 to 16, 2000
- Flash Flood in New York, August 15, 2000
- Flash Flood in Wyoming, August 15, 2000
- High Wind in Michigan, August 15, 2000
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Florida, August 15, 2000
- Waterspouts in Florida, August 15, 2000
- Lightning Strikes in California, August 15 to 17, 2000
- Rip Currents in American Samoa, August 15 to 18, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Alabama, August 15, 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: 5170075.