High Wind, Tanana Valley
- When
- September 20, 11:00 PM AST to September 21, 1:00 PM AST
- Where
- Tanana Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, September 20 to 21, 2000
A strong storm over the Bering Sea sent a weather front northeast over interior Alaska, producing strong winds across the western Alaska Range. High winds reported only at Healy: sustained 35 mph, gust to 60 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 storm over the Bering Sea sent a weather front northeast over interior Alaska, producing strong winds across the western Alaska Range. High winds reported only at Healy: sustained 35 mph, gust to 60 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
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- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, September 20, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, September 20, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, September 20, 2000
More
Every storm in Alaska in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, September 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: 5171527.