High Wind, Aleutian Islands
- When
- March 4, 9:00 PM AST to March 6, 1:00 AM AST
- Where
- Aleutian Islands forecast zone
- Measured
- 82 kt (94 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, March 4 to 6, 2000
Very strong winds blew across the central and eastern Aleutians late Saturday and Sunday as a strong 960 mb low moved up from the north Pacific into the south-central Bering Sea. Southerly wind gusts reached 94 mph around Dutch Harbor Sunday morning on the southeast side of the low.
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 AFC wrote it up.
Very strong winds blew across the central and eastern Aleutians late Saturday and Sunday as a strong 960 mb low moved up from the north Pacific into the south-central Bering Sea. The strong winds were observed along the southeast quadrant and entire southwest semicircle of the storm.Southerly wind gusts reached 94 mph around Dutch Harbor Sunday morning on the southeast side of the low. As winds shifted more southwesterly during the day, wind gusts from 60 mph to 70 mph buffeted the area.Further to the west, wind gusts from 60 mph to 70 mph were reported around Adak and Atka...diminishing below 60 mph early Sunday.Along the Alaska Peninsula, southeasterly wind gusts as high as 62 mph were recorded at Cold Bay Sunday afternoon.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Western Alaska Peninsula
- When
- March 5, 3:00 PM AST to 6:00 PM AST
- Where
- Western Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood and Winter Storm in California, March 4 to 6, 2000
- Dense Fog in Kentucky, March 4, 2000
- High Wind in Alaska, March 4 to 5, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Washington, March 4 to 5, 2000
- Excessive Heat in Wisconsin, March 4 to 8, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, March 4 to 6, 2000
- Hail in South Carolina, March 4, 2000
- Funnel Cloud in California, March 4, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, March 4 to 5, 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: 5132841, 5132842.