High Wind, Alaska Peninsula
- When
- April 1, 2:30 PM AST to 4:55 PM AST
- Where
- Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, April 1, 2001
Gusty northwest winds were reported on the back side of a moderate low southeast of the Alaska Peninsula. Gusts reached 63 mph at Atka between 8:15 and 9:15 pm Sun and 63 mph at Chignik at 4:35 pm Sun.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 AFC wrote it up.
Gusty northwest winds were reported on the back side of a moderate low southeast of the Alaska Peninsula. Gusts reached 63 mph at Atka between 8:15 and 9:15 pm Sun and 63 mph at Chignik at 4:35 pm Sun.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Western Aleutians
- When
- April 1, 9:15 PM AST to 10:00 PM AST
- Where
- Western Aleutians forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 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
- Flooding in Minnesota, April 1 to 30, 2001
- Flooding in Wisconsin, April 1 to 30, 2001
- Flood in North Dakota, April 1 to 15, 2001
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 1, 2001
- Flood in North Dakota, April 1 to 15, 2001
- Flood in North Dakota, April 1 to 15, 2001
- Flooding in South Dakota, April 1 to 16, 2001
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 1, 2001
- Flooding in Iowa, April 1 to 4, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 1, 2001
- Tornado in North Carolina, April 1, 2001
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, April 1, 2001
More
Every storm in Alaska in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, April 2001
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: 5236141, 5236046.