High Wind in Alaska, October 17, 2001

Name: High Wind in Alaska, October 17, 2001
Start: 2001-10-17T04:31
End: 2001-10-17T04:53
Location: Alaska

October 17, 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, Wrn P.W. Snd & Kenai Mtns

When: October 17, 4:31 AM AST to 4:53 AM AST
Where: Wrn P.W. Snd & Kenai Mtns forecast zone
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Winds picked up as surface gradients tightened Wednesday morning. A moderate frontal system, elongating east and northeast through the Gulf of Alaska, and the preceding surface ridge, were the initiators of this event. Arctic front remained in the area throughout the event.

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

Every storm in Alaska in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Alaska, October 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: 5268110.