High Wind, St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast
- When
- December 28, 9:00 PM AST to December 30, 4:35 AM AST
- Where
- St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, December 28 to 31, 2000
Zone 4: Remote Automated Weather Station at Makpik Creek (Upper Noatak Valley) and Indian Mountain AWOS: gusts to 56 mph.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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.
An intensifying 966 mb Low in Bristol Bay pushed north against stationary High pressure over the Arctic Ocean, resulting in strong winds and brief blizzard conditions across portions of western Alaska and along the southern slopes of the Brooks Range.Blizzard conditions were reported at:Zone 9: Gambell; SavoongaZone 3: Cape Lisburne, blizzard conditions likely at Point Hope.High Winds reported at:Zone 3: Point Hope AWOS: gust to 78 mph.Zone 9: Gambell AWOS: gust to 69 mph.Zone 5: Remote Automated Weather Station at Graphite Lake (northern Upper Yukon Valley): gust to 58 mph.Zone 4: Remote Automated Weather Station at Makpik Creek (Upper Noatak Valley) and Indian Mountain AWOS: gusts to 56 mph.
Event by event
4 high wind, 2 blizzard. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Upper Yukon Valley
- When
- December 29, 8:00 PM AST to December 30, 6:00 AM AST
- Where
- Upper Yukon Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Koyukuk-Upper Kobuk Valleys
- When
- December 29, 8:00 PM AST to December 30, 5:00 AM AST
- Where
- Koyukuk-Upper Kobuk Valleys forecast zone
- Measured
- 49 kt (56 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Lower Kobuk Valley-Northern Seward Peninsula
- When
- December 30, 1:35 AM AST to December 31, 11:55 PM AST
- Where
- Lower Kobuk Valley-Northern Seward Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 68 kt (78 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Blizzard, St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast
- When
- December 30, 9:00 AM AST to 3:00 PM AST
- Where
- St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Blizzard, Lower Kobuk Valley-Northern Seward Peninsula
- When
- December 30, 3:00 PM AST to 4:00 PM 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
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, December 28, 2000
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, December 28, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, December 28 to 29, 2000
- Blizzard in South Dakota, December 28, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Illinois, December 28 to 29, 2000
- High Wind in North Dakota, December 28, 2000
- Blizzard in South Dakota, December 28, 2000
- Ice Storm in Arkansas, December 28, 2000
- High Wind in South Dakota, December 28, 2000
- High Wind in South Dakota, December 28, 2000
- Winter Storm in North Dakota, December 28, 2000
- Winter Storm in Iowa, December 28, 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: 5177604, 5177605, 5177606, 5177603, 5177601, 5177602.