High Wind, Wrn P.W. Snd & Kenai Mtns
- When
- January 20, 8:00 PM AST to January 21, 5:40 AM AST
- Where
- Wrn P.W. Snd & Kenai Mtns forecast zone
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, January 20 to 21, 2001
Winds of 62 mph were reported for a about an hour from 12:53 to 1:53 am Sunday.
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 of 62 mph were reported for a about an hour from 12:53 to 1:53 am Sunday.
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
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, January 20, 2001
- Winter Storm and Sleet in New Jersey, January 20 to 21, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, January 20, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, January 20 to 21, 2001
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in New York, January 20 to 21, 2001
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, January 20 to 21, 2001
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Maryland, January 20 to 21, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 20 to 21, 2001
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, January 20 to 21, 2001
- Strong Wind in North Carolina, January 20, 2001
- Winter Weather in Georgia, January 20, 2001
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 20 to 21, 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: 5229452.