High Wind, Anchorage Muni to Bird Creek
- When
- February 26, 4:00 AM AST to 8:00 AM AST
- Where
- Anchorage Muni to Bird Creek forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, February 26, 2002
Brisk easterly winds immediately preceded a frontal system that moved across the area Tuesday. Early Tuesday, the front extended east and southeast from Kodiak Island.
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.
Brisk easterly winds immediately preceded a frontal system that moved across the area Tuesday. Early Tuesday, the front extended east and southeast from Kodiak Island. By 3 pm AST Tuesday, the front extended from the northern Susitna Valley to Cordova...continuing north and east and weakening thereafter.Event maxima...101 - Southeast 64 mph 4:00 am AST.125 - East southeast 67 mph 7:02 am AST.135 - Estimated east 60 mph 8:00 am AST.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Wrn P.W. Snd & Kenai Mtns
- When
- February 26, 4:27 AM AST to 10:00 AM AST
- Where
- Wrn P.W. Snd & Kenai Mtns forecast zone
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Sern P.W. Snd
- When
- February 26, 4:30 AM AST to 10:30 AM AST
- Where
- Sern P.W. Snd forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
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
- Extreme Cold in Georgia, February 26 to 28, 2002
- Winter Storm in Indiana, February 26 to 27, 2002
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, February 26 to 27, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Illinois, February 26, 2002
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, February 26 to 27, 2002
- Winter Storm in Indiana, February 26, 2002
- Winter Storm in Michigan, February 26 to 27, 2002
- Strong Wind in Hawaii, February 26 to 27, 2002
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 26, 2002
- Heavy Rain in Hawaii, February 26, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 26, 2002
- Flash Flood in Hawaii, February 26, 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: 5278579, 5278580, 5278581.