High Wind, Arctic Slope Coastal
- When
- June 21, 7:00 PM AST to June 24, 7:00 AM AST
- Where
- Arctic Slope Coastal forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, June 21 to 24, 2000
Highest wind reported at Cape Lisburne AWOS: 53 mph sustained, gusts 63 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.
A strong Low pressure center over the north part of Far East Russia moved north over the Russian Arctic Ocean while the associated weather front moved east across the Chukchi Sea toward Alaska.Highest wind reported at Cape Lisburne AWOS: 53 mph sustained, gusts 63 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
- Flash Flooding in Arkansas, June 21, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Maryland, June 21, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 21, 2000
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 21, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, June 21, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, June 21, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Virginia, June 21, 2000
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, June 21, 2000
- Strong Wind in Wisconsin, June 21, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 21, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, June 21, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Illinois, June 21, 2000
More
Every storm in Alaska in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5150010.