High Wind, Alaska Peninsula
- When
- January 16, 5:54 AM AST to 8:00 AM AST
- Where
- Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, January 16, 2002
Gusty southeast winds began around Cold Bay about 1 pm AST Tuesday, but did not reach warning levels at that time. Winds even diminished for a couple of hours around midnight, then picking up to 61 mph early Wednesday.
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 north northwest moving frontal system...associated with a large, complex low with central pressure of 968 mbs, just west of Adak, brought strong southeast winds to Cold Bay.Gusty southeast winds began around Cold Bay about 1 pm AST Tuesday, but did not reach warning levels at that time. Winds even diminished for a couple of hours around midnight, then picking up to 61 mph early Wednesday.
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
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: 5277133.