High Wind, Cook Inlet
- When
- October 13, 10:13 PM AST to 10:53 PM AST
- Where
- Cook Inlet forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, October 13 to 14, 2000
Winds at the Wasilla Fire Station briefly reached a peak of 62 mph early Saturday. Reports further northeast along the Glenn Highway indicated stronger winds, which persisted into the afternoon.
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 AFC wrote it up.
Winds at the Wasilla Fire Station briefly reached a peak of 62 mph early Saturday. Reports further northeast along the Glenn Highway indicated stronger winds, which persisted into the afternoon. These stronger winds, however, could not be confirmed.Winds at the Portage Visitor center ASOS also gusted as high as 60 mph late Friday between 11 and midnight ADT.All directions were easterly.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Susitna Valley
- When
- October 14, 4:00 AM AST to 5:00 AM AST
- Where
- Susitna Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, October 13, 2000
- Hail in Iowa, October 13, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, October 13, 2000
- Hail in Kansas, October 13, 2000
- Hail in Kansas, October 13, 2000
- Hail in South Dakota, October 13, 2000
- Ice Storm in Alaska, October 13, 2000
- Flood in Alaska, October 13 to 15, 2000
- Hail in Kansas, October 13, 2000
- Funnel Cloud in Utah, October 13, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, October 13, 2000
- Hail in Montana, October 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: 5156300, 5156299.