High Wind in Alaska, February 19 to 20, 2002

Name: High Wind in Alaska, February 19 to 20, 2002
Start: 2002-02-19T10:00
End: 2002-02-20T03:00
Location: Alaska

February 19 to 20, 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, Kodiak Peninsula

When: February 19, 10:00 AM AST to February 20, 3:00 AM AST
Where: Kodiak Peninsula forecast zone
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

A 992 mb low about 120 miles southeast of Seward early Tuesday moved slowly east. By early Wednesday, the low had weakened several millibars and was located 30 miles southeast of Middleton Island. Strong northwesterly winds were observed on the back side of the low.At 10 am AST Tuesday, Sitkinak first reported a gust above 60 mph (northwest 62 mph). Strong gusts continued through 6 pm Tuesday...after which winds slowly began to diminish. Peak winds were northwest at 70 mph at Sitkinak at noon AST Tuesday.

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, 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: 5278572.