High Wind in Alaska, November 10 to 12, 2001

Name: High Wind in Alaska, November 10 to 12, 2001
Start: 2001-11-10T17:50
End: 2001-11-12T15:35
Location: Alaska

November 10 to 12, 2001 · NWS AFC · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

A strong 978 mb low just south of Attu late Saturday morning deepened to an intense 964 mb center 180 miles north of Amchitka early Sunday. 71 mph at Dutch Harbor from 7:30 am AST to 8:35 am AST Monday.

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 strong 978 mb low just south of Attu late Saturday morning deepened to an intense 964 mb center 180 miles north of Amchitka early Sunday. The low then curved east southeast to a position 120 miles south of Cold Bay late Sunday, weakening about 5 mbs at a position 360 miles south of Sitkinak Monday afternoon.Strong west and northwest winds were observed along the backside of the storm.Gusts reached...74 mph at Shemya between 11 pm AST and midnight Saturday.74 mph at Adak between 10 am AST and 11 am AST Sunday.71 mph at Dutch Harbor from 7:30 am AST to 8:35 am AST Monday.

Event by event

2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Western Aleutians

When: November 10, 5:50 PM AST to November 12, 12:00 PM AST
Where: Western Aleutians forecast zone
Measured: 64 kt (74 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

High Wind, Eastern Aleutians

When: November 12, 4:15 AM AST to 3:35 PM AST
Where: Eastern Aleutians forecast zone
Measured: 62 kt (71 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

Every storm in Alaska in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Alaska, November 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: 5269326, 5269327.