Alaska, 2000

High Wind in Alaska, May 28 to 29, 2000

May 28 to 29, 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, Aleutian Islands

When
May 28, 7:30 PM AST to May 29, 6:00 AM AST
Where
Aleutian Islands forecast zone
Measured
59 kt (68 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Prefrontal southeast winds gusted to 68 mph at the Dutch Harbor Spit early Monday in advance of a moderate, eastward moving front. Wind gusts of 60 mph or more were recorded from 9:30 pm ADT Sunday to 6:30 am Monday. As the front began to weaken, winds began to slowly diminish. Frontal passage occurred around noon 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

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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: 5150863.