High Wind, Wrn P.W. Snd & Kenai Mtns
- When
- February 11, 5:00 AM AST to 2:30 PM AST
- Where
- Wrn P.W. Snd & Kenai Mtns forecast zone
- Measured
- 71 kt (82 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, February 11, 2002
A 980 mb low near Sandpoint moved north, carrying an occluded front through Iliamna into Homer and the Gulf of Alaska. Gusty east to southeast winds began around 1 am AST in the Portage Valley, with peak wind gusts of 82 mph reached at 5:49 am AST Monday.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 AFC wrote it up.
A 980 mb low near Sandpoint moved north, carrying an occluded front through Iliamna into Homer and the Gulf of Alaska. Locally strong easterly winds were observed in advance of the front.Gusty east to southeast winds began around 1 am AST in the Portage Valley, with peak wind gusts of 82 mph reached at 5:49 am AST Monday. Max's Mountain recorded peak winds of 74 mph between 4 and 5 am AST Monday. Snowfall at Alyeska was reported 6-8" Monday morning (8 hours).Heavy snow fell at higher elevations around Turnagain Arm...especially in the Portage Valley, where an estimated 2' of snow fell Monday.Gusty east winds close to warning levels (58 mph) were reported at Glen Alps between 9 and 10 am AST Monday.Easterly wind gusts were estimated around 60 mph in Cordova between 7:00 and 8:30 am AST Monday.
Event by event
2 high wind, 1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Sern P.W. Snd
- When
- February 11, 7:00 AM AST to 2:30 PM AST
- Where
- Sern P.W. Snd forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Heavy Snow, Wrn P.W. Snd & Kenai Mtns
- When
- February 11, 4:00 PM AST to 6:00 PM AST
- Where
- Wrn P.W. Snd & Kenai Mtns forecast zone
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- High Wind in New Jersey, February 11, 2002
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- High Wind in Minnesota, February 11, 2002
- High Wind in South Dakota, February 11, 2002
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, February 11, 2002
- High Wind in Maryland, February 11, 2002
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: 5280030, 5280031, 5280032.