High Wind, Lower Kobuk Valley-Northern Seward Peninsula
- When
- January 2, 3:15 PM AST to January 4, 6:00 AM AST
- Where
- Lower Kobuk Valley-Northern Seward Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 64 kt (74 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, January 2 to 4, 2001
Strong High pressure over the Arctic Ocean and Far East Russia created a strong pressure gradient across northwest Alaska, resulting in High Winds at Point Hope AWOS where the maximum gust was 74 mph.
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.
Strong High pressure over the Arctic Ocean and Far East Russia created a strong pressure gradient across northwest Alaska, resulting in High Winds at Point Hope AWOS where the maximum gust was 74 mph.
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
- High Wind in California, January 2, 2001
- High Surf in Hawaii, January 2 to 3, 2001
- High Wind in Alaska, January 2 to 4, 2001
- Frost and Freeze in Florida, January 2, 2001
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 2, 2001
- High Wind in California, January 2, 2001
- High Wind in Montana, January 2, 2001
- High Wind in Alaska, January 2, 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: 5228542.