High Wind, St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast
- When
- January 12, 9:55 AM AST to 10:55 AM AST
- Where
- St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, January 12, 2001
Tight presure gradient associated with a low over Kotzebue Sound, combined with Bering Sea moisture created blizzard conditions over the western Seward Peninsula and high winds across St Lawrence Island. Blizzard conditions were reported at Tin City, and winds gusted to 60 mph at the Gambell AWOS.
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 AFG wrote it up.
Tight presure gradient associated with a low over Kotzebue Sound, combined with Bering Sea moisture created blizzard conditions over the western Seward Peninsula and high winds across St Lawrence Island. Blizzard conditions were reported at Tin City, and winds gusted to 60 mph at the Gambell AWOS.
Event by event
1 high wind, 1 blizzard. Local standard time, as filed.
Blizzard, St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast
- When
- January 12, 4:55 PM AST to 5:55 PM AST
- Where
- St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast forecast zone
- 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.
- Blizzard
- Sustained winds or frequent gusts of 35 mph or more with falling or blowing snow that cuts visibility below a quarter mile for three hours or longer.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Rip Current in U.S. Virgin Islands, January 12, 2001
- Dense Fog in Kansas, January 12, 2001
- Dense Fog in Oklahoma, January 12, 2001
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, January 12, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Indiana, January 12, 2001
- Dense Fog in Texas, January 12, 2001
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, January 12 to 13, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, January 12, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 12, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 12, 2001
- Winter Storm in Arizona, January 12, 2001
- Winter Storm in Arizona, January 12, 2001
More
Every storm in Alaska in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, January 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: 5228555, 5228554.