High Wind in Alaska, April 3 to 4, 2002

Name: High Wind in Alaska, April 3 to 4, 2002
Start: 2002-04-03T11:00
End: 2002-04-04T22:00
Location: Alaska

April 3 to 4, 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, Matanuska Valley

When: April 3, 11:00 AM AST to April 4, 10:00 PM AST
Where: Matanuska Valley forecast zone
Measured: 58 kt (67 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Strong northeast "Matanuska" winds were observed around the Wasilla/Palmer area Wednesday and Thursday. Gusts peaked at 67 mph between midnight and 12:30 am AST Thursday. Strong northeast winds were also reported around Palmer. Visibilities at the Palmer airport were reported as low as 2 miles in blowing dust.

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 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Alaska, April 2002

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: 5285388.