Alaska, 2000

High Wind in Alaska, January 26, 2000

January 26, 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, Cook Inlet

When
January 26, 3:00 PM AST to 10:00 PM AST
Where
Cook Inlet forecast zone
Measured
68 kt (78 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Channeled easterly winds gusting as high as 78 mph were reported at the Portage Visitor Center ASOS in advance of a broad front that moved through the area Wednesday. Winds were accompanied by heavy snow and brief blizzard conditions.

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

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: 5126971.