High Wind, Denali
- When
- October 3, 3:00 PM AST to 4:00 PM AST
- Where
- Denali forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, October 3 to 4, 2001
A strengthening pressure gradient in advance of an approaching occluded front created gusty south winds through the Alaska Range. Highest recorded wind at the Healy observation site was a gust to 58 mph.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
A strengthening pressure gradient in advance of an approaching occluded front created gusty south winds through the Alaska Range. Highest recorded wind at the Healy observation site was a gust to 58 mph. Highest recorded wind at the Delta Junction ASOS was a peak gust around 50 mph.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Deltana and Tanana
- When
- October 4, 3:43 AM AST to 5:50 PM AST
- Where
- Deltana and Tanana forecast zone
- Measured
- 42 kt (48 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
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
More
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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: 5268185, 5268186.