High Wind, Denali
- When
- March 4, 11:52 AM AST to 1:35 PM AST
- Where
- Denali forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, March 4, 2001
With a stationary but strong Low over the western Alaska Peninsula, a ridge of High pressure strengthened over the Copper River Basin causing a brief period of strong winds through Windy Pass of the western Alaska Range, where the Healy weather observer reported a peak gust of 55 mph.
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS AFG wrote it up.
With a stationary but strong Low over the western Alaska Peninsula, a ridge of High pressure strengthened over the Copper River Basin causing a brief period of strong winds through Windy Pass of the western Alaska Range, where the Healy weather observer reported a peak gust of 55 mph.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Storm Surge and High Wind in California, March 4, 2001
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 4 to 6, 2001
- High Wind in California, March 4 to 5, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, March 4 to 7, 2001
- Flooding in Texas, March 4 to 12, 2001
- Flood in Louisiana, March 4 to 26, 2001
- Tornado in Florida, March 4, 2001
- Flooding in Louisiana, March 4 to 12, 2001
- Tornado in Florida, March 4, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Florida, March 4, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Florida, March 4, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Florida, March 4, 2001
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: 5237497.