High Wind, Juneau Borough-Eastern Chichagof-Admiralty Island
- When
- October 25, 11:00 PM AST to October 26, 4:00 AM AST
- Where
- Juneau Borough-Eastern Chichagof-Admiralty Island forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, October 25 to 26, 2001
A downslope windstorm, locally referred to as "Taku" winds, occurred briefly overnight. Peak winds recorded during the event included 64 mph at the Juneau Federal Building and 90 mph at Sheep Mountain.
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 AJK wrote it up.
A downslope windstorm, locally referred to as "Taku" winds, occurred briefly overnight. Peak winds recorded during the event included 64 mph at the Juneau Federal Building and 90 mph at Sheep Mountain.
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
- High Wind in Ohio, October 25 to 26, 2001
- High Wind in Illinois, October 25, 2001
- High Wind in New York, October 25, 2001
- Tornado in Florida, October 25, 2001
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, October 25, 2001
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, October 25, 2001
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, October 25 to 26, 2001
- High Wind in New York, October 25, 2001
- Winter Storm and Strong Wind in Wisconsin, October 25 to 26, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, October 25, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, October 25, 2001
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, October 25, 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: 5268179.