High Wind in Alaska, November 21, 2000

Name: High Wind in Alaska, November 21, 2000
Start: 2000-11-21T09:00
End: 2000-11-21T13:00
Location: Alaska

November 21, 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, Cook Inlet

When: November 21, 9:00 AM AST to 1:00 PM AST
Where: Cook Inlet forecast zone
Measured: 63 kt (72 mph)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

A moderate front passing north northwest across the Anchorage Hillside brought southeast wind gusts to 72 mph across several populated areas of the Upper Anchorage Hillside. At the remote abandoned Nike Site (3900+ ft), wind gusts reached 128 mph at noon...diminishing rapidly after 1pm. The front was accompanied by strong pressure rises as it passed.

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

Every storm in Alaska in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings in Alaska, November 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: 5161663.