Alaska, 2002

High Wind in Alaska, April 14, 2002

April 14, 2002 · NWS AFC · 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
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.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Eastern Aleutians

When
April 14, 5:00 PM AST to 8:00 PM AST
Where
Eastern Aleutians forecast zone
Measured
62 kt (71 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

A frontal system, associated with a moderate 986 mb low northwest of the Pribilofs Sunday, brought gusty westerly winds to the Unalaska/Dutch Harbor area. Peak gusts out of the west reached 71 mph around Dutch Harbor between 6 pm AST and 9 pm AST Sunday. Winds diminished below 60 mph after 9 pm AST Sunday.

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: 5285390.