High Wind in Alaska, March 1 to 2, 2000

Name: High Wind in Alaska, March 1 to 2, 2000
Start: 2000-03-01T06:00
End: 2000-03-02T09:00
Location: Alaska

March 1 to 2, 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: March 1, 6:00 AM AST to March 2, 9:00 AM AST
Where: Aleutian Islands forecast zone
Measured: 89 kt (102 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

A moderate front, moving north and northeast from the north-central Pacific, was preceded by strong easterly winds. These strong winds, which primarily affected the eastern Aleutians, also produced local blizzard conditions in blowing snow. Locally heavy snows were also reported.Winds around the Dutch Harbor area peaked at 102 mph between 2:00 pm and 2:30 pm Wednesday. Strong winds continued thereafrter, finally diminishing to less than 60 mph across the eastern Aleutians Thursday morning. Heavy snow and blizzard conditions in blowing snow accompanied the strong winds.

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, March 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: 5132836.