High Wind, Alaska Peninsula
- When
- January 6, 6:00 PM AST to January 7, 6:00 AM AST
- Where
- Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, January 6 to 7, 2001
Locally brisk northwest winds were observed at the Captain's Bay site around Dutch Harbor, west of a strong low approaching the Semidi Islands early Saturday. Wind gusts above 60 mph first occurred after 5:30 am Saturday, peaking at 64 mph between 7 and 7:30 am Saturday (this was the last occurrence of 60 + mph for this event.
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.
Locally brisk northwest winds were observed at the Captain's Bay site around Dutch Harbor, west of a strong low approaching the Semidi Islands early Saturday. Wind gusts above 60 mph first occurred after 5:30 am Saturday, peaking at 64 mph between 7 and 7:30 am Saturday (this was the last occurrence of 60 + mph for this event. Gusts from 58 to 69 mph were reported around False Pass Friday night and early Saturday. 20 feet of beach and road erosion was reported there.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Eastern Aleutians
- When
- January 7, 5:30 AM AST to 7:30 AM AST
- Where
- Eastern Aleutians forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 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.
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The same day elsewhere
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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: 5229190, 5229189.