A rapidly developing North Pacific low grazed the outer coast of Southeast Alaska as it moved northward into the Gulf of Alaska, spreading strong winds across the southern portion of the panhandle. Peak winds associated with the event were 75 mph at the Ketchikan harbor, 69 mph at the Ketchikan airport tower, 47 mph at the Metlakatla harbor, and 54 mph at the Hydaburg seaplane base.
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.
The episode as NWS AJK wrote it up.
A rapidly developing North Pacific low grazed the outer coast of Southeast Alaska as it moved northward into the Gulf of Alaska, spreading strong winds across the southern portion of the panhandle. Peak winds associated with the event were 75 mph at the Ketchikan harbor, 69 mph at the Ketchikan airport tower, 47 mph at the Metlakatla harbor, and 54 mph at the Hydaburg seaplane base. A spotter in Craig reported (estimated) 69 mph.
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alaska in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, August 2001
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: 5257329, 5257330.