High Wind, Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision-Coastal Area
- When
- August 20, 10:30 AM AST to 6:00 PM AST
- Where
- Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision-Coastal Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 43 kt (49 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, August 20, 2001
A strong frontal system from the Gulf of Alaska brought strong gusty winds to the southern third of the Alaskan panhandle as it moved onshore. Peak winds associated with this event were 75 mph at the Ketchikan harbor, 63 mph at the Ketchikan airport tower, and 47 mph at the Hydaburg seaplane base.
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 AJK wrote it up.
A strong frontal system from the Gulf of Alaska brought strong gusty winds to the southern third of the Alaskan panhandle as it moved onshore. Peak winds associated with this event were 75 mph at the Ketchikan harbor, 63 mph at the Ketchikan airport tower, and 47 mph at the Hydaburg seaplane base. A spotter in Craig reported (estimated) 40 to 50 mph winds.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Southern Southeast Alaska Ernest Sound to Dixon Entrance
- When
- August 20, 1:00 PM AST to 8:00 PM AST
- Where
- Southern Southeast Alaska Ernest Sound to Dixon Entrance forecast zone
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Rip Current in Florida, August 20, 2001
- Wildfire in California, August 20 to 28, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in New York, August 20, 2001
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, August 20, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, August 20, 2001
- Flooding and Lightning Strike in New York, August 20, 2001
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 20, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Kansas, August 20, 2001
- Rip Current in Guam, August 20, 2001
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, August 20, 2001
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, August 20, 2001
- Hail in Nebraska, August 20, 2001
More
Every storm in Alaska in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, August 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: 5257328, 5257327.