High Wind, Western Aleutians
- When
- February 9, 3:00 AM AST to 11:30 PM AST
- Where
- Western Aleutians forecast zone
- Measured
- 67 kt (77 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, February 9, 2002
A strong low moved into the western Aleutians as a strong area of high pressure remained over the Bering Sea. The peak wind at Shemya was 67 mph.
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 AFC wrote it up.
A strong low moved into the western Aleutians as a strong area of high pressure remained over the Bering Sea. The peak wind at Shemya was 67 mph. The wind gusted to 66 mph until 1:00 pm AST 02/08/02.
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
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- High Wind in Kansas, February 9, 2002
- Rip Current in Guam, February 9, 2002
- High Wind in Nebraska, February 9 to 10, 2002
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, February 9 to 10, 2002
- Winter Storm in Kansas, February 9, 2002
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, February 9 to 10, 2002
- High Wind in Nebraska, February 9, 2002
- Winter Storm in Kansas, February 9, 2002
- High Wind in Colorado, February 9, 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: 5280024.