High Wind, St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast
- When
- December 10, 1:35 AM AST to 5:00 AM AST
- Where
- St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, December 10 to 12, 2000
Zone 1: Nuiqsut, Wainwright, KuparukHigh Wind occurred at:Zone 9: Gambell AWOS: sustained wind 48 mph, gust to 60 mph.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
Strong High Pressure over the northern third of Alaska strengthened, while several Low pressure centers moved north over the Bering Sea.Blizzard conditions occurred at: Zone 3: Afternoon/evening of the 10th: Deering, Kotzebue, Kivalina, Shishmaref; Night of the 11th: Kotzebue, Kivalina, near-blizzard conditions at Deering and Buckland.Zone 6: Golovin, and near-blizzard conditions at Unalakleet.Zone 1: Nuiqsut, Wainwright, KuparukHigh Wind occurred at:Zone 9: Gambell AWOS: sustained wind 48 mph, gust to 60 mph.
Event by event
3 blizzard, 1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Blizzard, Southern Seward Peninsula-Eastern Norton Sound
- When
- December 10, 6:00 AM AST to 3:15 PM AST
- Where
- Southern Seward Peninsula-Eastern Norton Sound forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Blizzard, Arctic Slope Coastal
- When
- December 10, 6:21 AM AST to 10:00 PM AST
- Where
- Arctic Slope Coastal forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Blizzard, Lower Kobuk Valley-Northern Seward Peninsula
- When
- December 10, 4:00 PM AST to December 12, 6:00 AM AST
- Where
- Lower Kobuk Valley-Northern Seward Peninsula forecast zone
- 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.
- Blizzard
- Sustained winds or frequent gusts of 35 mph or more with falling or blowing snow that cuts visibility below a quarter mile for three hours or longer.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Extreme Cold in Missouri, December 10 to 31, 2000
- Extreme Cold in North Dakota, December 10, 2000
- Winter Storm in Iowa, December 10 to 11, 2000
- Flood in Florida, December 10, 2000
- Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Missouri, December 10 to 11, 2000
- Winter Storm in Iowa, December 10 to 11, 2000
- High Wind in Colorado, December 10, 2000
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, December 10 to 11, 2000
- Winter Storm in Illinois, December 10 to 11, 2000
- Winter Storm in Colorado, December 10 to 11, 2000
- Winter Storm in Iowa, December 10 to 11, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Kansas, December 10 to 31, 2000
More
Every storm in Alaska in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, December 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: 5177592, 5177590, 5177591, 5177589.