High Wind, St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast
- When
- March 15, 4:00 PM AST to March 17, 12:35 PM AST
- Where
- St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, March 15 to 17, 2000
Weak surface low pressure formed over eastern Norton Sound and the central Seward Peninsula in the early morning. St.
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 AFG wrote it up.
Weak surface low pressure formed over eastern Norton Sound and the central Seward Peninsula in the early morning. The winds diminished as the area of low pressure shifted westward later in the morning.Highest Winds:Northern Seward Peninsula-Lower Kobuk Valley to Cape Lisburne: Point Hope AWOS 48 mph sustained, gust 58 mph.St. Lawrence Island- Bering Strait Coast: Gambell AWOS 49 mph sustained, gust 58 mph.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Lower Kobuk Valley-Northern Seward Peninsula
- When
- March 15, 10:15 PM AST to March 16, 7:00 AM AST
- Where
- Lower Kobuk Valley-Northern Seward Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 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
- Tornado in Louisiana, March 15, 2000
- Waterspout in Louisiana, March 15, 2000
- Tornado in Louisiana, March 15, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, March 15, 2000
- Dense Fog in Iowa, March 15, 2000
- Dense Fog in Illinois, March 15, 2000
- Hail in Kansas, March 15, 2000
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 15 to 16, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, March 15, 2000
- Winter Storm in Michigan, March 15, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, March 15 to 16, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, March 15, 2000
More
Every storm in Alaska in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5135701, 5135700.