High Wind, Aleutian Islands
- When
- March 6, 11:00 AM AST to 1:00 PM AST
- Where
- Aleutian Islands forecast zone
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, March 6 to 7, 2000
A moderate frontal system, moving through the Aleutians, was preceded by gusty southeast winds. In the Dutch Harbor area, winds peaked at 62 mph around midday Monday.
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.
A moderate frontal system, moving through the Aleutians, was preceded by gusty southeast winds. In the Dutch Harbor area, winds peaked at 62 mph around midday Monday. Further east, wind gusts also reached 62 mph in advance of the front, early Tuesday, as reported at the Port Heiden AWOS.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Western Alaska Peninsula
- When
- March 7, 12:00 AM AST to 6:00 AM AST
- Where
- Western Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 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
- Hail in California, March 6, 2000
- Wildfire in South Dakota, March 6, 2000
- Flooding in California, March 6 to 7, 2000
- High Wind in California, March 6, 2000
- Wildfire in South Dakota, March 6, 2000
- Heavy Snow and Hail in Colorado, March 6 to 7, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, March 6 to 7, 2000
- Dust Devil in Virginia, March 6, 2000
- Hail in California, March 6, 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: 5132843, 5132844.