Alaska, 2001

High Wind in Alaska, November 11, 2001

November 11, 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, Alaska Peninsula

When
November 11, 12:00 PM AST to 10:00 PM AST
Where
Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
Measured
61 kt (70 mph)
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC

A spotter in the village of King Cove, along the Alaska Peninsula, reported south southeast winds from 60-70 mph to the Cold Bay Weather Service Office. The report was received Sunday at 9:50 am AST, 11/11/01. This was the only report that pre-frontal winds had reached or exceeded 60 mph.

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

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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: 5269401.