High Wind, Western Alaska Peninsula
- When
- January 25, 6:00 AM AST to 9:00 PM AST
- Where
- Western Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, January 25 to 26, 2000
A vigorous low, that moved northeast into the Alaska Peninsula late Tuesday, was preceded by brisk south to southeast winds. The low moved toward Chignik late Tuesday as a 974 mb center.
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 vigorous low, that moved northeast into the Alaska Peninsula late Tuesday, was preceded by brisk south to southeast winds. The low moved toward Chignik late Tuesday as a 974 mb center. The front associated with this low moved into northeast Bristol Bay and into the southern half of Kodiak Island late Tuesday, weakening along a line from Saint Mary's (in the southwest mainland) to Montague Island in Prince William Sound late Wednesday morning.Southerly wind gusts of 60 mph were reported with the frontal passage at Sand Point around noon Tuesday.As the front neared the Portage Visitor Center at the eastern tip of Turnagain Arm, wind gusts reached 82 mph, along with heavy snow and blizzard conditions. On the back side of the low, wind gusts of 78 mph were reported at the Dutch Harbor airport Tuesday afternoon.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Aleutian Islands
- When
- January 25, 6:00 AM AST to 4:00 PM AST
- Where
- Aleutian Islands forecast zone
- Measured
- 68 kt (78 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Cook Inlet
- When
- January 26, 3:00 AM AST to 11:00 AM AST
- Where
- Cook Inlet forecast zone
- Measured
- 71 kt (82 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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The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Texas, January 25 to 28, 2000
- Cold in South Carolina, January 25, 2000
- Winter Storm and Flooding in Delaware, January 25 to 26, 2000
- Winter Storm in Virginia, January 25, 2000
- Winter Storm in Maryland, January 25, 2000
- Avalanche in Colorado, January 25, 2000
- Winter Storm in New York, January 25 to 26, 2000
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 25 to 26, 2000
- Winter Storm in New York, January 25 to 26, 2000
- Winter Storm in Virginia, January 25, 2000
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 25 to 26, 2000
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 25 to 26, 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: 5126968, 5126970, 5126969.