High Wind in Alaska, January 22 to 23, 2001

Name: High Wind in Alaska, January 22 to 23, 2001
Start: 2001-01-22T06:00
End: 2001-01-23T09:00
Location: Alaska

January 22 to 23, 2001 · NWS AFC · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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.

Very strong northerly winds were reported along the extreme western Aleutians along the northwest side of an intense 950 mb storm. Monday afternoon, the storm center was located 240 miles south southeast of Shemya. By Tuesday morning, the storm had looped, turned northeast and was beginning to slowly weaken 90 miles south of Amchitka. By 9 pm Tuesday, the low, located between Atka and Adak, was no longer producing 60+ mph winds.The front associated with the storm also locally produced 60+ mph winds. Gusts at Cold Bay reached 60 mph between 8 and 9 am Tuesday.Wind gusts at Shemya first reached 60 mph around 6 am Monday, peaking at 75 mph between 6 and 8 pm Monday. Wind gusts at the site, and presumably in the greater area, diminished below 60 mph by 7:00 am Tuesday.

Event by event

2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Western Aleutians

When: January 22, 6:00 AM AST to January 23, 7:00 AM AST
Where: Western Aleutians forecast zone
Measured: 65 kt (75 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

High Wind, Alaska Peninsula

When: January 22, 8:00 AM AST to January 23, 9:00 AM AST
Where: Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

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

Wildfire in Hawaii, January 22 to 23, 20013 injured · 1 event

Every storm in Alaska in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5229454, 5229455.