High Wind, Sern P.W. Snd
- When
- December 29, 11:00 AM AST to 4:00 PM AST
- Where
- Sern P.W. Snd forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, December 29 to 30, 2000
A moderate front approaching Prince William Sound from the southeast, produced wind gusts up to 61 mph at Middleton Island. The same front produced wind gusts up to 69 mph at Portage and brief gusts of 114 mph at Site Summit, a remote high elevation (nearly 4,000') just east of Anchorage in the Chugach Mountain Range.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 approaching Prince William Sound from the southeast, produced wind gusts up to 61 mph at Middleton Island. The same front produced wind gusts up to 69 mph at Portage and brief gusts of 114 mph at Site Summit, a remote high elevation (nearly 4,000') just east of Anchorage in the Chugach Mountain Range. Wind gusts along the Anchorage upper Hillside at Glenn Alps were also gusty, peaking out at 73 mph between 11 pm and midnight Friday, with gusts diminishing to less than 50 mph by 3 am Saturday.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Wrn P.W. Snd & Kenai Mtns
- When
- December 29, 3:00 PM AST to 8:00 PM AST
- Where
- Wrn P.W. Snd & Kenai Mtns forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Anchorage Muni to Bird Creek
- When
- December 29, 4:00 PM AST to December 30, 3:00 AM AST
- Where
- Anchorage Muni to Bird Creek forecast zone
- Measured
- 99 kt (114 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
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: 5160055, 5160056, 5161483.