High Wind, Aleutian Islands
- When
- February 26, 9:00 AM AST to February 27, 9:00 AM AST
- Where
- Aleutian Islands forecast zone
- Measured
- 82 kt (94 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, February 26 to 27, 2000
An intense 952 mb low moved northward across Umnak Island Saturday evening as at least a 952 mb center. The front, extending in an east and southeast arc, moved by Sand Point and toward the Pribilof Islands around 9 pm Saturday.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
An intense 952 mb low moved northward across Umnak Island Saturday evening as at least a 952 mb center. The front, extending in an east and southeast arc, moved by Sand Point and toward the Pribilof Islands around 9 pm Saturday. The front began to dissipate in a large arc through Saint Matthew Island, Hooper Bay, southeast through King Salmon and central Kodiak Island Sunday afternoon.In advance of the front, easterly wind gusts reached 74 mph at the Dutch Harbor airport. Peak winds in the area, however, occurred with the frontal passage at 6:30 pm Saturday, when winds shifted from the east to south and gusts peaked at 94 mph at the Dutch Harbor Spit observation site.At Cold Bay, pre-frontal easterly wind gusts reached 64 mph toward evening on Saturday. Around the southeast quadrant of the low, strong southerly wind gusts well above 60 mph were also reported, finally diminishing below 60 mph Sunday morning.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Western Alaska Peninsula
- When
- February 26, 9:00 AM AST to 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Western Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 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
- Flooding in New York, February 26 to 29, 2000
- Excessive Heat in West Virginia, February 26, 2000
- Winter Storm in North Dakota, February 26, 2000
- Tornado in Arkansas, February 26, 2000
- Tornado in Arkansas, February 26, 2000
- Excessive Heat in Ohio, February 26, 2000
- Heavy Rain in California, February 26 to 27, 2000
- High Wind in Oregon, February 26, 2000
- Excessive Heat in Kentucky, February 26, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 26, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 26, 2000
- Heavy Snow in California, February 26 to 27, 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: 5129811, 5129812.