High Wind in Alaska, December 13, 2000

Name: High Wind in Alaska, December 13, 2000
Start: 2000-12-13T17:25
End: 2000-12-13T20:30
Location: Alaska

December 13, 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: 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.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Matanuska Valley

When: December 13, 5:25 PM AST to 8:30 PM AST
Where: Matanuska Valley forecast zone
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Brisk northeast wind gusts above 60 mph began at the Wasilla Fire Station between 3:15 and 3:30 pm Wednesday. Modified arctic air flowing out of the Copper River Basin...associated with strong high pressure in the Northwest Territories of Canada...was the cause of the winds. Peak gusts reached 70 mph between 5 and 5:30 pm Wednesday, with gusts diminishing below 60 mph by 8:30 pm.

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

Every storm in Alaska in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5160451.