High Wind, Western Alaska Peninsula
- When
- February 4, 3:00 AM AST to 11:00 PM AST
- Where
- Western Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, February 4 to 5, 2000
A deepening low 180 miles south of Dutch Harbor late Friday morning, turned northwest into the south-central Bering Sea as a 960 mb center late Friday. The storm began to slowly drift north and weaken thereafter.
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 deepening low 180 miles south of Dutch Harbor late Friday morning, turned northwest into the south-central Bering Sea as a 960 mb center late Friday. The storm began to slowly drift north and weaken thereafter. Brisk south and southwest winds were observed along the southeast quadrant of the low, across the extreme eastern Aleutians, late Friday and early Saturday.The front associated with this low also brought moderate to strong winds to the western Alaska Peninsula and the Pribilofs Friday and early Saturday.In advance of the front, peak winds at Cold Bay reached at least 60 mph between 10 and 11 am Friday and 63 mph just prior to 3 pm Friday. Gusts diminished below 60 mph a few hours later.Across the Pribilofs, wind gusts above 60 mph were reported from just after 2 pm Friday until around 6 am Saturday. Winds at Saint George peaked at 64 mph between 5 am and 6 am Saturday.Across the extreme eastern Aleutians, strong winds began early Friday, peaking at 96 mph at Dutch Harbor several times between 5 pm and 10 pm Friday.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Aleutian Islands
- When
- February 4, 3:00 AM AST to February 5, 4:00 AM AST
- Where
- Aleutian Islands forecast zone
- Measured
- 83 kt (96 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind, Pribilof Islands
- When
- February 4, 9:00 AM AST to February 5, 4:00 PM AST
- Where
- Pribilof Islands 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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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: 5127609, 5127611, 5127610.