High Wind, St Lawrence Is. Bering Strait
- When
- November 24, 6:55 AM AST to 7:55 AM AST
- Where
- St Lawrence Is. Bering Strait forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, November 24, 2001
A strong storm over the western Aleutians drifted north over the southern Bering Sea, with the associated weather front pushing strong winds and warm air north over the outer West Coast of Alaska. High winds occurred at Gambell on St.
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.
A strong storm over the western Aleutians drifted north over the southern Bering Sea, with the associated weather front pushing strong winds and warm air north over the outer West Coast of Alaska. High winds occurred at Gambell on St. Lawrence Island, where the AWOS reported the strongest gust as 58 mph, with estimated adjusted peak gust of 60 mph. Light freezing rain was also reported at Nome in zone 211 and possibly occurred over zone 213, though not to the extent of an ice storm in either instance.
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.
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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: 5270827.