High Wind, Anchorage Muni to Bird Creek
- When
- January 13, 4:00 PM AST to January 14, 7:00 AM AST
- Where
- Anchorage Muni to Bird Creek forecast zone
- Measured
- 66 kt (76 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, January 13 to 14, 2002
Front from Bristol Bay to Kodiak moved toward and through the area, preceded by brisk easterly winds. In addition to the peak winds reported, Alyeska recorded gusts in the 70 to 80 mph range.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Front from Bristol Bay to Kodiak moved toward and through the area, preceded by brisk easterly winds. Strong winds were reported around Glen Alps and other Upper Hillside areas as well as around Turnagain Arm.In addition to the peak winds reported, Alyeska recorded gusts in the 70 to 80 mph range. Reports from the Portage Alaska Railroad site suggest that the strong, warning level winds were limited to higher elevations around Turnagain Arm, areas right around the Portage Visitor Center and along the road from the Whittier tunnel entrance at Bear Valley to the Seward Highway.Event maxima...101 - Glen Alps east 76 mph at 0100 AST Mon, 1/14/02125 - Portage ASOS recorded easterly peak wind of 72 mph at 0236 AST Mon, 1/14/02.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Wrn P.W. Snd & Kenai Mtns
- When
- January 14, 2:00 AM AST to 9:00 AM AST
- Where
- Wrn P.W. Snd & Kenai Mtns forecast zone
- Measured
- 63 kt (72 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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Maine, January 13 to 14, 2002
- High Wind in New Jersey, January 13, 2002
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 13, 2002
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Maine, January 13, 2002
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, January 13, 2002
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, January 13, 2002
- High Wind in South Dakota, January 13, 2002
- High Wind in Maryland, January 13, 2002
- High Wind in Colorado, January 13, 2002
- High Wind in Wyoming, January 13, 2002
- High Wind in Delaware, January 13, 2002
- Dense Fog in California, January 13, 2002
More
Every storm in Alaska in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, January 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: 5277130, 5277131.