High Wind, Kodiak Peninsula
- When
- December 27, 1:00 PM AST to December 28, 6:00 AM AST
- Where
- Kodiak Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, December 27 to 28, 2000
A moderate front, moving northwestward from the eastern Pacific, was preceded by brisk east winds around Kodiak Island. Gusts of 60 + mph were reported at Sitkinak from just after 1 pm Wednesday to 10 pm Wednesday.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 AFC wrote it up.
A moderate front, moving northwestward from the eastern Pacific, was preceded by brisk east winds around Kodiak Island. Gusts of 60 + mph were reported at Sitkinak from just after 1 pm Wednesday to 10 pm Wednesday. Peak winds reached 67 mph at the site between 5 and 6 pm Wednesday. Peak wind observations missing from Booth Lake from noon Wednesday through midnight. Northeast wind gusts at Augustine Island reached 63 mph at 5 am Thursday.The front also produced gusty east winds to 60 mph as it approached Prince William Sound. Middleton Island briefly reported a gust of 60 mph between 5:15 and 5:55 am Thursday.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Sern P.W. Snd
- When
- December 28, 5:00 AM AST to 10:00 AM AST
- Where
- Sern P.W. Snd forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- 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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, December 27 to 28, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 27 to 28, 2000
- Winter Storm in North Dakota, December 27 to 28, 2000
- High Wind in Montana, December 27, 2000
- High Wind in South Dakota, December 27 to 28, 2000
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, December 27 to 28, 2000
- Ice Storm in Montana, December 27, 2000
- Frost and Freeze in California, December 27 to 31, 2000
- High Wind in Montana, December 27, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, December 27 to 28, 2000
- High Wind in Montana, December 27, 2000
- High Wind in Montana, December 27, 2000
More
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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: 5160468, 5160469.