High Wind, Cape Decision to Cape Fairweather-Coastal Area
- When
- October 7, 3:00 AM AST to 3:00 PM AST
- Where
- Cape Decision to Cape Fairweather-Coastal Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, October 7, 2000
An intense Pacific storm moving through the Gulf of Alaska spread very strong winds across coastal Southeast Alaska and the inner channels. Peak winds during the event included 75 mph in Sitka, 58 mph at Cape Spencer, 74 mph at the Juneau Ranger Station, 61 mph at the Juneau Federal Building, 77 mph at Eagle Crest, and 62 mph at Five Finger Lighthouse.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
An intense Pacific storm moving through the Gulf of Alaska spread very strong winds across coastal Southeast Alaska and the inner channels. Peak winds during the event included 75 mph in Sitka, 58 mph at Cape Spencer, 74 mph at the Juneau Ranger Station, 61 mph at the Juneau Federal Building, 77 mph at Eagle Crest, and 62 mph at Five Finger Lighthouse.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Frederick Sound-Kupreanof-Wrangell Islands to Ernest South
- When
- October 7, 3:00 AM AST to 3:00 PM AST
- Where
- Frederick Sound-Kupreanof-Wrangell Islands to Ernest South forecast zone
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Juneau Borough-Admiralty Island-Icy Strait Area
- When
- October 7, 8:30 AM AST to 3:00 PM AST
- Where
- Juneau Borough-Admiralty Island-Icy Strait Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 67 kt (77 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
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: 5157465, 5157467, 5157466.