High Wind in Alaska, January 19 to 21, 2000

Name: High Wind in Alaska, January 19 to 21, 2000
Start: 2000-01-19T12:00
End: 2000-01-21T00:00
Location: Alaska

January 19 to 21, 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: January 19, 12:00 PM AST to January 21, 12:00 AM AST
Where: Aleutian Islands forecast zone
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Strong westerly winds were observed along the southwest semicircle of a strong, 963 mb low late Wednesday and Thursday. Gusts as high as 70 mph were recorded at the remote site at Shemya, along the extreme western Aleutians. Ships across the extreme western Aleutians reported sustained winds from 50 to 65 mph as well as locally heavy thunderstorms and squalls.Strong westerly winds moved into the central Aleutians, as well, however were not as strong as winds further to the west.As the low weakened and moved northeast through the Bering Sea, winds diminished.

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

Every storm in Alaska in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings in Alaska, January 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: 5126959.