High Wind, Aleutian Islands
- When
- February 6, 12:00 AM AST to February 7, 6:00 PM AST
- Where
- Aleutian Islands forecast zone
- Measured
- 66 kt (76 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, February 6 to 7, 2000
Another strong low, about 400 miles south of Unalaska early Sunday curved northwest to a position 120 miles north of Atka early Monday. The low 'bottomed' out at around 956 mbs Sunday afternoon south of the Aleutian Chain, then slowly began to weaken early Monday.
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.
Another strong low, about 400 miles south of Unalaska early Sunday curved northwest to a position 120 miles north of Atka early Monday. The low 'bottomed' out at around 956 mbs Sunday afternoon south of the Aleutian Chain, then slowly began to weaken early Monday. Strong westerly winds were observed along the southwest quadrant of the low. The front associated with this storm, was preceded by strong easterly winds..and accompanied by gusty southeast winds upon frontal passage.In advance of, and with frontal passage, easterly wind gusts reached 60 mph around Cold Bay Sunday mid-morning.76 mph gusts were recorded at Dutch Harbor several times Sunday right before frontal passage, and then again several hours later.On the southwest side of the low, northwest winds gusted to 60 mph at Adak Sunday afternoon.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Western Alaska Peninsula
- When
- February 6, 12:00 AM AST to 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Western Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 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: 5127612, 5127613.