High Wind, Denali
- When
- February 14, 6:51 AM AST
- Where
- Denali forecast zone
- Measured
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind in Alaska, February 14, 2002
Strong winds occurred for a brief period in the channelled areas of the central Alaska Range. These winds developed in response to a strengthening pressure gradient associated with a passing occluded front.
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.
Strong winds occurred for a brief period in the channelled areas of the central Alaska Range. These winds developed in response to a strengthening pressure gradient associated with a passing occluded front. Wind gusts up to 45 knots (52 mph) were reported by the weather observer in Healy.
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
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: 5280006.