High Wind, Deltana and Tanana
- When
- February 3, 7:53 PM AST to February 4, 10:53 AM AST
- Where
- Deltana and Tanana forecast zone
- Measured
- 46 kt (53 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, February 3 to 4, 2002
Strong winds were reported in channeled areas of the Alaska Range as the pressure gradient between a building high pressure system over Canada and an approaching occluded front over the Gulf of Alaska strengthened. Winds gusts of 46 knots (53 mph) were reported at the Delta Junction ASOS site and 45 knots (52 mph) reported by the weather observer at Healy.
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 AFG wrote it up.
Strong winds were reported in channeled areas of the Alaska Range as the pressure gradient between a building high pressure system over Canada and an approaching occluded front over the Gulf of Alaska strengthened. Winds gusts of 46 knots (53 mph) were reported at the Delta Junction ASOS site and 45 knots (52 mph) reported by the weather observer at Healy. The winds were also estimated to have reached 45 knots (52 mph) along the northeastern slopes of the eastern Alaska Range.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Ne. Slopes of the Ern Ak Rng
- When
- February 4, 8:55 AM AST to 2:55 PM AST
- Where
- Ne. Slopes of the Ern Ak Rng forecast zone
- Measured
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
High Wind, Denali
- When
- February 4, 1:46 PM AST
- Where
- Denali forecast zone
- Measured
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
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: 5279916, 5279918, 5279917.