High Wind in Alaska, November 8 to 9, 2001

Name: High Wind in Alaska, November 8 to 9, 2001
Start: 2001-11-08T02:00
End: 2001-11-09T04:00
Location: Alaska

November 8 to 9, 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, Western Aleutians

When: November 8, 2:00 AM AST to November 9, 4:00 AM AST
Where: Western Aleutians forecast zone
Measured: 68 kt (78 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

A strong 966 mb low moved into the Komandorskiye Islands late Tuesday and early Wednesday. The front associated with the low moved into the extreme western Aleutians near Attu late Tuesday, moving steadily east and weakening thereafter.Initially, southeast winds to 60 mph were estimated in advance of the front. Shemya recorded one gust of 60 mph from the west just before 3 am Thursday (however gusts of 59 mph were recorded just before 3 pm Wednesday... with observations of strong winds missing from 6 pm Wednesday through 1 am Thursday).Maximum winds...Prefrontal - southeast gusts just under 60 mph (estimated).South side of low - brief westerly gust 60 mph @ Shemya and brief westerly gust of 62 mph at Atka between 8:15 pm and 8:35 pm AST Thursday.Winds at Adak gusted 60+ mph from around 3pm AST Thursday through 4 am AST Friday, peaking at 78 mph from midnight to 1 am Friday.

What these are

High Wind: Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

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The same day elsewhere

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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: 5269325.