High Wind in Alaska, January 28 to 29, 2000

Name: High Wind in Alaska, January 28 to 29, 2000
Start: 2000-01-28T16:30
End: 2000-01-29T10:00
Location: Alaska

January 28 to 29, 2000 · NWS AJK · 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, Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision-Coastal Area

When: January 28, 4:30 PM AST to January 29, 10:00 AM AST
Where: Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision-Coastal Area forecast zone
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

High winds associated with a bent back occulsion low. Peak winds observed Ketchikan 60MPH, Sitka radar 60MPH, Hydaburg 73MPH, and Cape Decision 61MPH.

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

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: 5128436.