High Wind in Alaska, October 14, 2000

Name: High Wind in Alaska, October 14, 2000
Start: 2000-10-14T01:00
End: 2000-10-14T10:00
Location: Alaska

October 14, 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, Central Gulf Coast

When: October 14, 1:00 AM AST to 10:00 AM AST
Where: Central Gulf Coast forecast zone
Measured: 58 kt (67 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Pre-frontal winds reached 67 mph near the entrance to Prince William Sound early Saturday, as a vigorous front moved onto the central North Gulf Coast Saturday afternoon from the Gulf of Alaska. At 9:08 am ADT, a Davis system at the Cordova Prince William Sound Science Center recorded a wind gust of 59 mph, the highest of the day and just before frontal passage.

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, 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: 5156230.