High Wind in Alaska, October 26, 2000

Name: High Wind in Alaska, October 26, 2000
Start: 2000-10-26T04:30
End: 2000-10-26T16:30
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, 4:30 AM AST to 4:30 PM AST
Where: Aleutian Islands forecast zone
Measured: 68 kt (78 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

A moderate 994 mb low in the extreme southeast Bering Sea , located 90 miles northeast of Saint George Island at 4 am ADT Thursday, weakened and moved southeast toward Sand Point as the day progressed. By 10 pm ADT Thursday, the low had weakened to 1002 mbs and was located 120 miles southeast of Chignik...continuing southeast thereafter. Strong pressure rises followed the low.Wind gusts at the Dutch Harbor Spit peaked at 78 mph between 3 and 3:30 pm ADT Thursday.

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: 5156486.