Alaska, 2000

High Wind in Alaska, March 19 to 20, 2000

March 19 to 20, 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, Susitna Valley

When
March 19, 10:00 AM AST to March 20, 2:00 AM AST
Where
Susitna Valley forecast zone
Measured
56 kt (64 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Locally brisk northeast winds gusted to 64 mph around the Wasilla Fire Station. These winds develope near the Little Susitna River headwaters and are known to be stronger around Sutton. Winds diminished below 60 mph just before 3 am Monday.

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

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: 5135709.