High Wind, Tanana Valley
- When
- January 14, 6:50 PM AST to 7:48 PM AST
- Where
- Tanana Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind in Alaska, January 14, 2001
A 963mb low over the Gulf of Alaska created strong south winds through the passes of the Alaska Range. Winds gusted to 55 mph at Healy.
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 963mb low over the Gulf of Alaska created strong south winds through the passes of the Alaska Range. Winds gusted to 55 mph at Healy.
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
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, January 14, 2001
- High Surf in Hawaii, January 14, 2001
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, January 14, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 14, 2001
- High Wind in Alaska, January 14 to 15, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Utah, January 14 to 15, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Washington, January 14, 2001
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, January 14, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 14, 2001
- Blizzard in Alaska, January 14, 2001
- Flood in Hawaii, January 14, 2001
- Rip Current in Guam, January 14, 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: 5228556.