High Wind, Cape Fairweather to Cape Suckling-Coastal Area
- When
- December 30, 4:00 PM AST to December 31, 4:00 AM AST
- Where
- Cape Fairweather to Cape Suckling-Coastal Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
High Wind in Alaska, December 30 to 31, 2000
A mature Pacific storm moved into the northeastern Gulf of Alaska and brought a round of strong and gusty winds to the coastal area near Yakutat. Winds at the Yakutat airport ASOS reached 55 mph, and winds at the harbor exceeded 60 mph.
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS AJK wrote it up.
A mature Pacific storm moved into the northeastern Gulf of Alaska and brought a round of strong and gusty winds to the coastal area near Yakutat. Winds at the Yakutat airport ASOS reached 55 mph, and winds at the harbor exceeded 60 mph.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Frost and Freeze in Florida, December 30 to 31, 2000
- Winter Storm in New York, December 30 to 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New Jersey, December 30, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Maine, December 30 to 31, 2000
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in New York, December 30, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, December 30 to 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, December 30, 2000
- Winter Storm in Maine, December 30 to 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New York, December 30 to 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, December 30 to 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 30, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New Jersey, December 30, 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: 5161464.