High Wind in Alaska, June 18 to 19, 2000

Name: High Wind in Alaska, June 18 to 19, 2000
Start: 2000-06-18T18:00
End: 2000-06-19T01:00
Location: Alaska

June 18 to 19, 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, Aleutian Islands

When: June 18, 6:00 PM AST to June 19, 1:00 AM AST
Where: Aleutian Islands forecast zone
Measured: 68 kt (78 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Brisk northwest winds were observed locally at the Dutch Harbor Spit late Sunday and very early Monday. Brisk northwest winds were observed along much of the eastern Aleutians on the back side of a moderate 993 mb low between Cold Bay and Port Heiden late Sunday.At the Dutch Harbor Spit site, wind gusts above 60 mph were recorded from just after 7 pm ADT Sunday through 1:30 am Monday. Peak winds reached 78 mph at the Spit site at 11 pm ADT Sunday. The winds at this site are typically highly variable in both direction and speed, coming down from Mount Balleyhoo as williwas.

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

Every storm in Alaska in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings in Alaska, June 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: 5144013.