High Wind, Cook Inlet
- When
- November 10, 7:00 AM AST to November 11, 4:00 AM AST
- Where
- Cook Inlet forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, November 10 to 11, 2000
A moderate front moving east and northeast through the Cook Inlet, Susitna Valley and Prince William Sound areas generated locally gusty east and southeast winds in several channeled areas. At a high elevation site near the Alpenglow Ski area just east northeast of the city of Anchorage, wind gusts reached 128 mph at 10 pm on Thursday, 125 mph at 11pm Friday and 129 mph at 3 am Saturday.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 front moving east and northeast through the Cook Inlet, Susitna Valley and Prince William Sound areas generated locally gusty east and southeast winds in several channeled areas. Gusts reached 64 mph at Rabbit Creek, 61 mph at the Prince William Sound Science Center in Cordova and 61 mph along the Matanuska River.At a high elevation site near the Alpenglow Ski area just east northeast of the city of Anchorage, wind gusts reached 128 mph at 10 pm on Thursday, 125 mph at 11pm Friday and 129 mph at 3 am Saturday. Winds above 60 mph were recorded at the site Saturday until 3pm, when speeds abruptly diminished to less than 15 mph.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Central Gulf Coast
- When
- November 10, 12:00 PM AST to 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Central Gulf Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
High Wind, Susitna Valley
- When
- November 10, 12:00 PM AST to 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Susitna Valley 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in California, November 10, 2000
- Winter Storm in Kansas, November 10 to 11, 2000
- Coastal Flood in New Jersey, November 10, 2000
- Heavy Snow in California, November 10, 2000
- Heavy Rain in New York, November 10, 2000
- High Wind in North Carolina, November 10, 2000
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, November 10 to 11, 2000
- Winter Storm in Colorado, November 10 to 11, 2000
- Heavy Rain in Connecticut, November 10, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Arizona, November 10, 2000
- Heavy Rain in Rhode Island, November 10, 2000
- High Wind in Delaware, November 10, 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: 5161301, 5161302, 5161303.