High Wind, Aleutian Islands
- When
- February 15, 3:00 AM AST to 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Aleutian Islands forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, February 15, 2000
A moderate front moved northward into the extreme eastern Aleutians and Alaska Peninsula late Tuesday morning. Preceding the front, brisk east winds were reported along the extreme eastern Aleutians, the Alaska Peninsula and Bristol Bay.
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 AFC wrote it up.
A moderate front moved northward into the extreme eastern Aleutians and Alaska Peninsula late Tuesday morning. The front extended from the northern Kuskokwim Delta through Kodiak Island late Wednesday morning.Preceding the front, brisk east winds were reported along the extreme eastern Aleutians, the Alaska Peninsula and Bristol Bay. Easterly wind gusts reached 69 mph at the Dutch Harbor Spit site at 5 am Tuesday...diminishing to less than 60 mph at 1 pm Tuesday.The parent low, a moderate 975 mb center, crossed Dutch Harbor late Tuesday afternoon, followed by brisk southwest winds gusting to 63 mph at Dutch Harbor late in the evening. Wind gusts rapidly diminised thereafter.
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
- High Wind in Colorado, February 15, 2000
- Dense Fog in Florida, February 15, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, February 15, 2000
- Winter Storm in Michigan, February 15 to 16, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, February 15, 2000
- Winter Storm in Wisconsin, February 15, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 15, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, February 15, 2000
- Heavy Snow in North Dakota, February 15, 2000
- High Wind in Colorado, February 15 to 16, 2000
More
Every storm in Alaska in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, February 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: 5129724.