High Wind, Cape Fairweather to Cape Suckling-Coastal Area
- When
- September 6, 4:00 AM AST to 5:00 PM AST
- Where
- Cape Fairweather to Cape Suckling-Coastal Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, September 6, 2000
A deep, tightly wound low center in the Gulf of Alaska moved onshore over the eastern coast of the Gulf of Alaska, and a concentrated band of strong 60 to 70 mph winds buffeted the community of Yakutat.
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 AJK wrote it up.
A deep, tightly wound low center in the Gulf of Alaska moved onshore over the eastern coast of the Gulf of Alaska, and a concentrated band of strong 60 to 70 mph winds buffeted the community of Yakutat.
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.
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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: 5174050.