High Wind, Wrn P.W. Snd & Kenai Mtns
- When
- January 21, 6:12 PM AST to 9:53 PM AST
- Where
- Wrn P.W. Snd & Kenai Mtns forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, January 21, 2001
Wind gusts reached 60 mph at the Portage ASOS between 6:12 pm and 6:25 pm, peaking at 61 mph between 8:30 pm and 9:00 pm Sunday. Wind gusts diminished below 60 mph by 10 pm.
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.
Wind gusts reached 60 mph at the Portage ASOS between 6:12 pm and 6:25 pm, peaking at 61 mph between 8:30 pm and 9:00 pm Sunday. Wind gusts diminished below 60 mph by 10 pm.
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
- Frost and Freeze in Florida, January 21, 2001
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Connecticut, January 21, 2001
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in New Jersey, January 21, 2001
- Winter Storm in New York, January 21, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Washington, January 21, 2001
- Winter Weather in District of Columbia, January 21, 2001
- Winter Storm in Connecticut, January 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: 5229453.