High Wind, Kodiak Peninsula
- When
- January 16, 5:00 PM AST to January 17, 5:00 AM AST
- Where
- Kodiak Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 64 kt (74 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, January 16 to 17, 2001
Winds ahead of a moderate northeast moving front remained in the advisory category at all reporting sites around Kodiak Island, however gusts above 60 mph were reported at the Augustine site in southwest Cook Inlet after 5 pm Tuesday, peaking there at 74 mph between 10 and 11 pm. Wind gusts diminished below 60 mph at 5 am Wednesday.
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 AFC wrote it up.
Winds ahead of a moderate northeast moving front remained in the advisory category at all reporting sites around Kodiak Island, however gusts above 60 mph were reported at the Augustine site in southwest Cook Inlet after 5 pm Tuesday, peaking there at 74 mph between 10 and 11 pm. Wind gusts diminished below 60 mph at 5 am Wednesday.
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
- Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, January 16, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, January 16 to 17, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Texas, January 16 to 17, 2001
- Winter Storm in New Mexico, January 16 to 17, 2001
- Rip Current in Guam, January 16, 2001
- Frost and Freeze in California, January 16 to 18, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, January 16 to 17, 2001
- Winter Storm in Kansas, January 16, 2001
- Hail in Arizona, January 16, 2001
- High Wind in Utah, January 16, 2001
- Frost and Freeze in Delaware, January 16, 2001
- Winter Storm in Colorado, January 16, 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: 5229334.