High Wind, Kodiak Peninsula
- When
- January 5, 8:00 PM AST to January 6, 4:00 AM AST
- Where
- Kodiak Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 87 kt (100 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, January 5 to 6, 2001
Gusts above 60 mph were first observed at Sitkinak just after 10 pm Friday, peaking at 100 mph during each hour from 11pm Friday through 3 am Saturday. Wind gusts diminished below 60 mph with frontal passage by 4 am Saturday.
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.
A moderate front, associated with an intense 956 mb low approaching Chignik from the south southeast late Saturday morning, was preceded by strong east winds across Kodiak Island.Gusts above 60 mph were first observed at Sitkinak just after 10 pm Friday, peaking at 100 mph during each hour from 11pm Friday through 3 am Saturday. Wind gusts diminished below 60 mph with frontal passage by 4 am Saturday. Further north, wind gusts at Kodiak and Booth Lake remained in the advisory range of 40 to 55 mph, also rapidly diminishing with frontal passage. In the Portage Valley, easterly wind gusts reached 63 mph between 2:53 and 3:53 am Saturday. Winds there were accompanied by heavy snow squalls.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Wrn P.W. Snd & Kenai Mtns
- When
- January 6, 2:00 AM AST to 4:00 AM AST
- Where
- Wrn P.W. Snd & Kenai Mtns forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 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
- Extreme Cold in Florida, January 5, 2001
- Frost and Freeze in Florida, January 5, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 5, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, January 5, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 5, 2001
- Heavy Snow in New Jersey, January 5, 2001
- Winter Weather in Maryland, January 5, 2001
- Blizzard and Extreme Cold in Alaska, January 5 to 8, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 5, 2001
- Winter Weather in Virginia, January 5, 2001
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, January 5 to 6, 2001
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 5, 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: 5229187, 5229188.