High Wind in Alaska, October 26, 2000

Name: High Wind in Alaska, October 26, 2000
Start: 2000-10-26T11:00
End: 2000-10-26T23:59
Location: Alaska

October 26, 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, Aleutian Islands

When: October 26, 11:00 AM AST to 11:59 PM AST
Where: Aleutian Islands forecast zone
Measured: 62 kt (71 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Strong southerly winds preceded a vigorous weather front that moved across the western Aleutians Thursday. Shemya, the only reporting land station in the area, recorded pre-frontal southerly winds at or above 60 mph from just after noon until 6pm ADT. Observations from 6pm ADT until the front passed around 10 pm ADT Wednesday were missing. Peak recorded wind reached 71 mph in the afternoon.

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: 5156305.