High Wind in Alaska, March 22 to 24, 2001

Name: High Wind in Alaska, March 22 to 24, 2001
Start: 2001-03-22T09:00
End: 2001-03-24T15:30
Location: Alaska

March 22 to 24, 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 22, 9:00 AM AST to March 24, 3:30 PM AST
Where: Matanuska Valley forecast zone
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Another Matanuska wind event was set up by moderate, cold high pressure in the Copper River Basin and complex low pressure in the Gulf of Alaska. Modified arctic air spilled through the Matanuska Glacier/River toward Cook Inlet. Gusts reached 66 mph Friday and 69 mph Saturday. Although the last wind gust of 60+ mph at the Wasilla Fire Station was reported at 2 am Friday, winds at the site again gusted to 59 mph Saturday. With these Matanuska wind cases, it is known that higher winds blow further up-river (where there are no gauges to measure speeds).

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

Every storm in Alaska in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5230462.