High Wind, Denali
- When
- February 11, 11:52 AM AST
- Where
- Denali forecast zone
- Measured
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind in Alaska, February 11, 2002
High winds were reprted to have briefly occurred in the channeled areas of the central Alaska Range. The weather observer at Healy reported a gust of 45 knots (52 mph).
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS AFG wrote it up.
High winds were reprted to have briefly occurred in the channeled areas of the central Alaska Range. The weather observer at Healy reported a gust of 45 knots (52 mph). These winds occurred as a weakening occluded front moved across this region from the south.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- High Wind in South Dakota, February 11, 2002
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- High Wind in Minnesota, February 11, 2002
- High Wind in Montana, February 11, 2002
- High Wind in North Dakota, February 11, 2002
- Strong Wind in Wisconsin, February 11 to 12, 2002
- High Wind in New Jersey, February 11, 2002
- High Wind in North Dakota, February 11, 2002
- 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
Every storm in Alaska in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, February 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: 5279929.