High Wind, St Lawrence Is. Bering Strait
- When
- August 22, 1:00 AM AST to 5:00 AM AST
- Where
- St Lawrence Is. Bering Strait forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, August 22, 2001
A 987 mb low pressure center moved northeast over the southwest Bering Sea, bringing strong southeast winds briefly to Saint Lawrence island. Gambell AWOS reported gusts to 60 mph 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 987 mb low pressure center moved northeast over the southwest Bering Sea, bringing strong southeast winds briefly to Saint Lawrence island. Gambell AWOS reported gusts to 60 mph during this time.
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
- Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, August 22, 2001
- Heat in Texas, August 22, 2001
- Tropical Storm in Puerto Rico, August 22 to 23, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 22, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Michigan, August 22, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 22, 2001
- Flooding and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 22, 2001
- Flood in Colorado, August 22, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 22, 2001
- Flooding and Hail in Kansas, August 22 to 23, 2001
- Tropical Storm in U.S. Virgin Islands, August 22 to 23, 2001
- Heavy Rain in Oregon, August 22 to 23, 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: 5260364.