High Wind in Alaska, June 5 to 8, 2000

Name: High Wind in Alaska, June 5 to 8, 2000
Start: 2000-06-05T22:00
End: 2000-06-08T03:00
Location: Alaska

June 5 to 8, 2000 · NWS AFC · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Very strong west to northwest winds were observed along the 'back side' of a 974 mb low that moved northeast into the Bering Sea from the Central Aleutians Tuesday. West and northwest wind gusts reached 70 mph at the Captain's Bay site around Dutch Harbor late Tuesday.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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 AFC wrote it up.

Very strong west to northwest winds were observed along the 'back side' of a 974 mb low that moved northeast into the Bering Sea from the Central Aleutians Tuesday. By early Thursday the low had weakened considerably to a 994 mb center just southwest of Kodiak Island.West and northwest wind gusts reached 70 mph at the Captain's Bay site around Dutch Harbor late Tuesday. On Wednesday, however, wind gusts reached 100 mph between 4:30 pm ADT and 5:00 pm ADT. Gusts above 60 mph were recorded from 7:30 pm ADT Tuesday through 3am ADT Thursday. Even pre-frontal southeast winds in the area were gusting above 60 mph late Monday through 1 am ADT Tuesday.Prefrontal winds gusted above 60 mph at Port Heiden from just after 11 am ADT Tuesday through 5 pm ADT Tuesday. Highest wind there reached 64 mph there between noon and 1 pm ADT Tuesday.

Event by event

2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Aleutian Islands

When: June 5, 10:00 PM AST to June 8, 3:00 AM AST
Where: Aleutian Islands forecast zone
Measured: 87 kt (100 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

High Wind, Kodiak Island-Eastern Alaska Peninsula

When: June 6, 10:00 AM AST to 5:00 PM AST
Where: Kodiak Island-Eastern Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

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, 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: 5144494, 5144495.