High Wind, Tanana Valley
- When
- August 2, 9:00 AM AST to 6:00 PM AST
- Where
- Tanana Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, August 2, 2000
Highest winds reported:Delta Junction ASOS 38 mph sustained, gust 59 mph (0900 AST)Healy 29 mph sustained, gust 52 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.
A strong Weather Front move northeast across the interior of Alaska bringing strong south winds across the Alaska Range on the 2nd.Highest winds reported:Delta Junction ASOS 38 mph sustained, gust 59 mph (0900 AST)Healy 29 mph sustained, gust 52 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
- Heat in Pennsylvania, August 2, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 2, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Pennsylvania, August 2 to 3, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in New York, August 2, 2000
- Flash Flood and Hail in Ohio, August 2, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 2, 2000
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 2, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 2, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, August 2, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 2, 2000
- Wildfire in California, August 2 to 9, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, August 2, 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: 5170076.