High Wind, Aleutian Islands
- When
- January 22, 12:00 PM AST to January 23, 10:00 PM AST
- Where
- Aleutian Islands forecast zone
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, January 22 to 23, 2000
An intense 954 mb storm just west of Shemya late Saturday morning continued to move north northeast into the north-central Bering Sea where it weakened to a 966 mb center early Monday. Moderate to strong westerly winds were observed along the 'back side' of the storm across much of the central and western Aleutians.
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS AFC wrote it up.
An intense 954 mb storm just west of Shemya late Saturday morning continued to move north northeast into the north-central Bering Sea where it weakened to a 966 mb center early Monday. Moderate to strong westerly winds were observed along the 'back side' of the storm across much of the central and western Aleutians. Peak winds reached 68 mph at Adak early Sunday. Wind gusts finally diminished below 40 mph across the area late Sunday.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Ice Storm in Georgia, January 22 to 23, 2000
- Ice Storm in Alabama, January 22 to 23, 2000
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, January 22 to 25, 2000
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, January 22, 2000
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, January 22 to 23, 2000
- Ice Storm and Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 22 to 23, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Virginia, January 22, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Illinois, January 22, 2000
- Ice Storm and Heavy Snow in South Carolina, January 22 to 23, 2000
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, January 22, 2000
- Heavy Rain in California, January 22 to 24, 2000
- Extreme Cold in West Virginia, January 22, 2000
More
Every storm in Alaska in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5126960.