High Wind, Southern Seward Peninsula-Eastern Norton Sound
- When
- March 14, 3:00 AM AST to 11:00 AM AST
- Where
- Southern Seward Peninsula-Eastern Norton Sound forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, March 14, 2000
Golovin AWOS 51 mph sustained, gust 60 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.
While strong high pressure covered the Arctic Ocean, a trough of warm air at middle levels moved west across the Seward Peninsula during the morning causing strong winds.Highest winds reported were:Unalakleet AWOS 47 mph sustained, gust 56 mph.Golovin AWOS 51 mph sustained, gust 60 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
- Lightning Strike in Texas, March 14, 2000
- Wildfire in Puerto Rico, March 14 to 18, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, March 14, 2000
- Wildfire in Florida, March 14, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, March 14, 2000
- High Surf in Hawaii, March 14 to 17, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, March 14 to 15, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Montana, March 14 to 15, 2000
- High Wind in Alaska, March 14, 2000
- Blizzard in Alaska, March 14, 2000
- High Wind in Montana, March 14, 2000
- High Wind in Montana, March 14, 2000
More
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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: 5135698.