A deep low pressure system rolled up the southern outer coast of the Panhandle bringing very strong southeast winds to the area. Peak winds recorded during the event include 75 mph at the Ketchikan Airport tower, 58 mph winds in Saxman, 70 mph winds in Metlakatla, 75 mph winds at Hydaburg Seaplane Base, and 80 mph winds in Craig.
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.
The episode as NWS AJK wrote it up.
A deep low pressure system rolled up the southern outer coast of the Panhandle bringing very strong southeast winds to the area. Peak winds recorded during the event include 75 mph at the Ketchikan Airport tower, 58 mph winds in Saxman, 70 mph winds in Metlakatla, 75 mph winds at Hydaburg Seaplane Base, and 80 mph winds in Craig. Part of the pilothouse was blown off of the F/V Jackie. Debris struck the F/V Island Fox damaging the gillnet drum and hydraulics. And a large section of roof was blown off a trailer in Metlakatla during the storm.
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alaska in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, September 2001
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: 5266377, 5266378.