High Wind, Tanana Valley
- When
- October 24, 5:00 PM AST to 6:00 PM AST
- Where
- Tanana Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 63 kt (72 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, October 24, 2000
Highest Wind reported: Healy sustained 23 mph gust 72 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 AFG wrote it up.
A strong frontal system approaching central Alaska caused strong south winds across the western Alaska Range.Highest Wind reported: Healy sustained 23 mph gust 72 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
- Dense Fog in Washington, October 24, 2000
- Hail in Texas, October 24, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, October 24 to 25, 2000
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, October 24, 2000
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, October 24 to 25, 2000
- Flooding in Kansas, October 24 to 25, 2000
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, October 24, 2000
- Hail in Texas, October 24, 2000
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Texas, October 24, 2000
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, October 24 to 25, 2000
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, October 24 to 25, 2000
- Hail in Texas, October 24, 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: 5160820.