Alaska, 2001

High Wind in Alaska, March 18 to 19, 2001

March 18 to 19, 2001 · NWS AFC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Matanuska Valley

When
March 18, 3:00 AM AST to March 19, 11:00 AM AST
Where
Matanuska Valley forecast zone
Measured
62 kt (71 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Locally strong winds were reported near the Matanuska River. These winds were caused by moderate to strong high pressure in the eastern Alaskan interior and moderate low pressure in the Gulf of Alaska. Northeast wind gusts reached 71 mph Sunday between 10 and 10:30 am.

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

More

Every storm in Alaska in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, March 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: 5230461.