High Wind, Lower Kobuk Valley-Northern Seward Peninsula
- When
- October 11, 8:00 PM AST to October 12, 4:00 PM AST
- Where
- Lower Kobuk Valley-Northern Seward Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, October 11 to 12, 2000
A weather front associated with a strong Low over Far East Russia moved across the Bering Strait and Chukchi Sea causing strong south winds over northwest Alaska. High winds were reported at Cape Lisburne: sustained 53 mph, gusts 63 mph at 1100 on the 12th.
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS AFG wrote it up.
A weather front associated with a strong Low over Far East Russia moved across the Bering Strait and Chukchi Sea causing strong south winds over northwest Alaska. High winds were reported at Cape Lisburne: sustained 53 mph, gusts 63 mph at 1100 on the 12th.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flooding in Arizona, October 11 to 12, 2000
- Flooding in American Samoa, October 11 to 14, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Utah, October 11 to 12, 2000
- Dense Fog in Kentucky, October 11, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Alabama, October 11, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Alabama, October 11, 2000
- High Wind in Alaska, October 11 to 12, 2000
- Flash Flood in Utah, October 11, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Montana, October 11 to 13, 2000
More
Every storm in Alaska in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, October 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: 5160821.