High Wind, Deltana and Tanana
- When
- November 28, 5:53 PM AST to 6:53 PM AST
- Where
- Deltana and Tanana forecast zone
- Measured
- 43 kt (49 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, November 28, 2001
Strong winds developed in the passes of the eastern Alaska Range as a building high pressure center over the central Yukon Territory moved southeast, coupled with a low pressure center over the northern Gulf of Alaska. Wind gusts at the Delta Junction ASOS reached 45 mph, with an estimated adjusted peak gust of 50 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.
Strong winds developed in the passes of the eastern Alaska Range as a building high pressure center over the central Yukon Territory moved southeast, coupled with a low pressure center over the northern Gulf of Alaska. Wind gusts at the Delta Junction ASOS reached 45 mph, with an estimated adjusted peak gust of 50 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
- Flooding in Tennessee, November 28 to 30, 2001
- Flooding in Mississippi, November 28 to 30, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Mississippi, November 28 to 29, 2001
- High Wind in Washington, November 28, 2001
- Ice Storm in Arkansas, November 28 to 29, 2001
- Ice Storm in Oklahoma, November 28 to 29, 2001
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, November 28, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Louisiana, November 28 to 29, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, November 28 to 29, 2001
- Flooding in Kentucky, November 28 to 30, 2001
- Flooding in Arkansas, November 28 to 30, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Washington, November 28, 2001
More
Every storm in Alaska in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5270828.