High Wind, Juneau Borough-Eastern Chichagof-Admiralty Island
- When
- December 24, 6:30 AM AST to 9:40 AM AST
- Where
- Juneau Borough-Eastern Chichagof-Admiralty Island forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, December 24, 2001
Strong gusty winds associated with a portion of a frontal band moved into the northern portion of the panhandle. The peak wind reported from the wind event was 69 mph at the Juneau Ranger Station, a spotter north of Juneau reported gusts of 58 mph or greater.
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 AJK wrote it up.
Strong gusty winds associated with a portion of a frontal band moved into the northern portion of the panhandle. The peak wind reported from the wind event was 69 mph at the Juneau Ranger Station, a spotter north of Juneau reported gusts of 58 mph or greater. Another notable wind gust was 92 mph at Eaglecrest.
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
- Avalanche in Alaska, December 24, 2001
- Heavy Snow in New York, December 24 to 26, 2001
- Winter Weather in Vermont, December 24, 2001
- Winter Weather in Maine, December 24, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 24 to 31, 2001
- Winter Weather in New Hampshire, December 24, 2001
- High Wind in Virginia, December 24, 2001
- Dense Fog in California, December 24 to 26, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, December 24, 2001
- High Wind in California, December 24, 2001
- High Wind in Montana, December 24, 2001
More
Every storm in Alaska in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, December 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: 5273986.