High Wind, Kodiak Peninsula
- When
- November 16, 12:00 AM AST to November 17, 1:00 PM AST
- Where
- Kodiak Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 68 kt (78 mph)
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, November 16 to 19, 2001
A 953mb low moved northwest across the Pacific toward the eastern Aleutians. The front preceding the storm was preceded by moderate to strong easterly winds across exposed areas of Kodiak Island and the Alaska Peninsula.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 953mb low moved northwest across the Pacific toward the eastern Aleutians. The front preceding the storm was preceded by moderate to strong easterly winds across exposed areas of Kodiak Island and the Alaska Peninsula. Gusty easterly winds also moved into the Bristol Bay zone...however reported speeds remained under of warning levels.By Monday afternoon, the low had begun to weaken just east of Atka. The front extended in a long arc just north of Dutch Harbor to 360 miles south of Kodiak Monday afternoon...no longer producing warning level winds.Peak reported winds were east 78 mph at Sitkinak, in zone 171, between 5:00 am and 6:00 am AST Saturday.In zone 181 - at the village of King Cove, southeast winds reached 78 mph Sunday around 7:30 pm AST, 11/18/01.Around Dutch Harbor, in the eastern Aleutians, peak winds at Dutch Harbor airport were east gusting 73 mph around 5:15 pm AST Sunday. Damage reports...171 - Power outage due to fallen trees. Broken window at Official in Charge of the Weather Service Office's personal residence. Damaged estimated at $1K.181 - Skirting torn off houses and plywood blown around. Damage estimated at $.1K.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Alaska Peninsula
- When
- November 17, 11:00 PM AST to November 18, 9:30 PM AST
- Where
- Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 68 kt (78 mph)
- Property damage
- $100
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Eastern Aleutians
- When
- November 18, 3:35 PM AST to November 19, 3:35 AM AST
- Where
- Eastern Aleutians forecast zone
- Measured
- 63 kt (72 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.
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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: 5269404, 5269406, 5269405.