High Wind, Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision-Coastal Area
- When
- October 14, 4:30 PM AST to 10:30 PM AST
- Where
- Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision-Coastal Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, October 14, 2000
Strong winds occurred over Prince of Wales Island as a deep low pressure center made landfall across the southern Panhandle of Alaska. The peak wind recorded during the event was at Hydaberg Seaplane Base: 67 mph.
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 AJK wrote it up.
Strong winds occurred over Prince of Wales Island as a deep low pressure center made landfall across the southern Panhandle of Alaska. The peak wind recorded during the event was at Hydaberg Seaplane Base: 67 mph.
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
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More
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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: 5157461.