High Wind, St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast
- When
- February 7, 3:00 AM AST to 8:00 AM AST
- Where
- St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 44 kt (51 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, February 7, 2000
Moderate Low Pressure crossed the Aleutians in the early morning hours of Feb 07, and interacted with moderate High Pressure in the eastern Chukchi Sea creating a brief period of strong winds.. Saint Lawrence Island: Gambell AWOS sustained 43 mph, gust 51 mph.
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 AFG wrote it up.
Moderate Low Pressure crossed the Aleutians in the early morning hours of Feb 07, and interacted with moderate High Pressure in the eastern Chukchi Sea creating a brief period of strong winds.. Blizzard conditions occurred at: Southern Seward Peninsula: GolovinHigh Winds occurred at:Southern Seward Peninsula: Golovin AWOS sustained 46 mph, gust 55 mph.Saint Lawrence Island: Gambell AWOS sustained 43 mph, gust 51 mph.
Event by event
2 high wind, 1 blizzard. Local standard time, as filed.
Blizzard, Southern Seward Peninsula-Eastern Norton Sound
- When
- February 7, 4:35 AM AST to 6:15 AM AST
- Where
- Southern Seward Peninsula-Eastern Norton Sound forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Southern Seward Peninsula-Eastern Norton Sound
- When
- February 7, 4:35 AM AST to 7:35 AM AST
- Where
- Southern Seward Peninsula-Eastern Norton Sound forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 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.
- Blizzard
- Sustained winds or frequent gusts of 35 mph or more with falling or blowing snow that cuts visibility below a quarter mile for three hours or longer.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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: 5135263, 5135182, 5135183.