High Wind, Deltana and Tanana
- When
- April 10, 8:53 PM AST to April 11, 1:53 AM AST
- Where
- Deltana and Tanana forecast zone
- Measured
- 44 kt (51 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, April 10 to 11, 2001
A building ridge of High pressure over the Copper River Basin produced strong south winds through Isabel Pass in the Alaska Range. Winds gusted as high as 51 mph at the Delta Junction ASOS.
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 of High pressure over the Copper River Basin produced strong south winds through Isabel Pass in the Alaska Range. Winds gusted as high as 51 mph at the Delta Junction ASOS.
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
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 10 to 11, 2001
- High Wind in Texas, April 10, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, April 10 to 11, 2001
- Tornado in Missouri, April 10, 2001
- Hail in Missouri, April 10, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 10, 2001
- Hail in Nebraska, April 10, 2001
- Hail in Missouri, April 10, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 10, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, April 10, 2001
- Tornado in Illinois, April 10, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Illinois, April 10, 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: 5241243.