High Wind in Alaska, October 19 to 20, 2000

Name: High Wind in Alaska, October 19 to 20, 2000
Start: 2000-10-19T23:40
End: 2000-10-20T04:40
Location: Alaska

October 19 to 20, 2000 · NWS AJK · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Frequent wind gusts to 60 mph were observed at Hydaberg Seaplane Base on Prince of Wales Island as a strong low pressure center grazed the outer coast of the southern Panhandle of Alaska.

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.

Frequent wind gusts to 60 mph were observed at Hydaberg Seaplane Base on Prince of Wales Island as a strong low pressure center grazed the outer coast of the southern Panhandle of Alaska.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision-Coastal Area

When: October 19, 11:40 PM AST to October 20, 4:40 AM AST
Where: Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision-Coastal Area 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.

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: 5157462.