A front moving across the Gulf of Alaska spread into the southern portion of the panhandle around midnight of the 4th. The period of strong winds were short lived, being concentrated ahead of the front.
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.
The episode as NWS AJK wrote it up.
A front moving across the Gulf of Alaska spread into the southern portion of the panhandle around midnight of the 4th. The period of strong winds were short lived, being concentrated ahead of the front. The peak wind recorded was 54 kt (62 mph) on top of the Ketchikan terminal building at the airport, Hydaburg also reported a wind gust of 50 kt (58 mph).
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alaska in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, February 2002
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: 5281680, 5281681.