High Wind, Tanana Valley
- When
- January 7, 7:00 AM AST to 12:00 PM AST
- Where
- Tanana Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 43 kt (49 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, January 7, 2000
Strong Low pressure in the Gulf of Alaska with a ridge of high pressure over the Alaska-Canada border produced strong east winds along the Tanana River at Delta Junction. Highest wind reported by Delta Junction ASOS was 40 mph sustained, gust 49 mph.
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 AFG wrote it up.
Strong Low pressure in the Gulf of Alaska with a ridge of high pressure over the Alaska-Canada border produced strong east winds along the Tanana River at Delta Junction. Highest wind reported by Delta Junction ASOS was 40 mph sustained, gust 49 mph.
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
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: 5129818.