High Wind, St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast
- When
- November 21, 6:00 AM AST to 11:00 AM AST
- Where
- St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, November 21 to 22, 2000
A moderate pressure gradient across western Alaska incresed a bit on the 21st and 22nd as a Low over the Aleutians Islands drifted a little north, while high pressure over Russia Far East also shifted a bit east. Zone 3: Point Hope AWOS gust 60 mph.
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 AFG wrote it up.
A moderate pressure gradient across western Alaska incresed a bit on the 21st and 22nd as a Low over the Aleutians Islands drifted a little north, while high pressure over Russia Far East also shifted a bit east. This created High Winds at:Zone 9: Gambell AWOS gust 62 mph.Zone 3: Point Hope AWOS gust 60 mph.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Lower Kobuk Valley-Northern Seward Peninsula
- When
- November 22, 5:00 PM AST to 6:00 PM AST
- Where
- Lower Kobuk Valley-Northern Seward Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 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
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, November 21 to 22, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, November 21 to 22, 2000
- Extreme Cold in West Virginia, November 21 to 24, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Ohio, November 21 to 24, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Kentucky, November 21 to 24, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, November 21 to 22, 2000
- High Wind in Alaska, November 21 to 22, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New York, November 21 to 22, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Virginia, November 21 to 24, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, November 21, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, November 21, 2000
- High Wind in Alaska, November 21, 2000
More
Every storm in Alaska in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5166954, 5167032.