High Wind in Alaska, September 12 to 13, 2001

Name: High Wind in Alaska, September 12 to 13, 2001
Start: 2001-09-12T22:00
End: 2001-09-13T06:00
Location: Alaska

September 12 to 13, 2001 · NWS AJK · 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: $50,000
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, Juneau Borough-Eastern Chichagof-Admiralty Island

When: September 12, 10:00 PM AST to September 13, 6:00 AM AST
Where: Juneau Borough-Eastern Chichagof-Admiralty Island forecast zone
Measured: 58 kt (67 mph)
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Strong 60-70 mph winds in Gastineau Channel caused a fishing vessel to sink at its moorings. This caused a diesel oil spill as well.

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, September 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: 5266376.