Alaska, 2001

High Wind in Alaska, April 10 to 11, 2001

April 10 to 11, 2001 · NWS AFG · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A building ridge south of the Alaska Range coupled with a lee-side trough north of the range produced a substantial pressure differential through the Windy and Isabel Pass areas. Wind gusts to 67mph were reported by the weather observer at Healy during this time.

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 building ridge south of the Alaska Range coupled with a lee-side trough north of the range produced a substantial pressure differential through the Windy and Isabel Pass areas. Wind gusts to 67mph were reported by the weather observer at Healy during this time.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Denali

When
April 10, 1:51 PM AST to April 11, 2:59 AM AST
Where
Denali forecast zone
Measured
58 kt (67 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

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: 5241238.