Alaska, 2000

High Wind in Alaska, February 19, 2000

February 19, 2000 · NWS AFC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Aleutian Islands

When
February 19, 9:00 AM AST to 3:00 PM AST
Where
Aleutian Islands forecast zone
Measured
53 kt (61 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Southwest winds briely reached 61 mph at the Captain's Bay site around Dutch Harbor. Winds were directly related to a weakening low in the south-central Bering Sea.

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

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: 5129810.