High Wind, Anchorage Muni to Bird Creek
- When
- January 13, 3:00 PM AST to January 14, 5:00 AM AST
- Where
- Anchorage Muni to Bird Creek forecast zone
- Measured
- 111 kt (128 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, January 13 to 14, 2001
A diffuse front moved northward into Prince William Sound very early Sunday. Gusts above 60 mph were first reported around the Portage Valley after 7:53 pm Saturday, reaching 97 mph between 7:53 pm and 8:53 pm.
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 AFC wrote it up.
A diffuse front moved northward into Prince William Sound very early Sunday. The front produced strong east and southeast winds in several locations around Prince William Sound, through Turnagain Arm and along the Anchorage Hillside.Gusts above 60 mph were first reported around the Portage Valley after 7:53 pm Saturday, reaching 97 mph between 7:53 pm and 8:53 pm. The last report of winds 60 + mph from this system was at 9:53 am Sunday.A remote wind sensor near Arctic Valley, at an elevation of close to 4000 ft, reported southeast wind gusts as high as 128 mph from 2 am to 4 am Sunday. At the Glen Alps site, east winds first began gusting 60+ mph after 3 pm Saturday, peaking at 62 mph between 2 am and 4 am Sunday.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Wrn P.W. Snd & Kenai Mtns
- When
- January 13, 7:53 PM AST to January 14, 9:53 AM AST
- Where
- Wrn P.W. Snd & Kenai Mtns forecast zone
- Measured
- 84 kt (97 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Kansas, January 13, 2001
- Winter Weather in Iowa, January 13 to 14, 2001
- Winter Weather in Illinois, January 13 to 14, 2001
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, January 13 to 14, 2001
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, January 13, 2001
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, January 13, 2001
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, January 13 to 14, 2001
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, January 13, 2001
- Winter Storm in Colorado, January 13, 2001
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, January 13 to 14, 2001
- Winter Weather in Missouri, January 13 to 14, 2001
- Dense Fog in North Carolina, January 13, 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: 5229330, 5229329.