High Wind, St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast
- When
- March 18, 10:00 PM AST to March 19, 2:15 PM AST
- Where
- St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 46 kt (53 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, March 18 to 19, 2000
A strong low moved up to the central Aleutians early on March 19, and interacted with moderate high pressure and cold air over the Chukchi Sea and the Far East Russia. As the low pressure center in the Aleutians weakened and moved slowly east, the winds at Gambell diminished.
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 moved up to the central Aleutians early on March 19, and interacted with moderate high pressure and cold air over the Chukchi Sea and the Far East Russia. As the low pressure center in the Aleutians weakened and moved slowly east, the winds at Gambell diminished. High winds were reported at Gambell AWOS: 41 mph sustained, gusts 53 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 and Hail in Louisiana, March 18, 2000
- Hail in Louisiana, March 18, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 18, 2000
- Hail in Louisiana, March 18, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, March 18 to 19, 2000
- Hail in Texas, March 18, 2000
- Hail in Texas, March 18, 2000
- Hail in Mississippi, March 18, 2000
- Hail in Texas, March 18, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Washington, March 18 to 19, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, March 18, 2000
- Hail in Louisiana, March 18, 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: 5135702.