High Wind, Upper Kobuk and Noatak Vlys
- When
- October 21, 3:00 PM AST to October 22, 12:00 AM AST
- Where
- Upper Kobuk and Noatak Vlys forecast zone
- Measured
- 47 kt (54 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, October 21 to 22, 2001
High pressure along the Arctic Coast coupled with a northward moving Low into southcentral Alaska strengthened the pressure gradient across northern Alaska along the southern slopes of the western Brooks Range. As a result, localized strong winds developed in the Upper Noatak Valley.
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.
High pressure along the Arctic Coast coupled with a northward moving Low into southcentral Alaska strengthened the pressure gradient across northern Alaska along the southern slopes of the western Brooks Range. As a result, localized strong winds developed in the Upper Noatak Valley. Wind gusts to 54mph were recorded at the Makpik Creek RAWS (Remote Automated Weather System) observation site.
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, October 21, 2001
- Hail in Iowa, October 21, 2001
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Erie, October 21, 2001
- Lightning Strike in New York, October 21, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, October 21, 2001
- Hail in Missouri, October 21, 2001
- Flooding and Hail in Illinois, October 21, 2001
- Hail in Pennsylvania, October 21, 2001
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Gulf of Mexico, October 21, 2001
- Hail in New York, October 21, 2001
- Lightning Strike in New York, October 21, 2001
- Heavy Rain in Florida, October 21, 2001
More
Every storm in Alaska in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5268188.