High Wind in Alaska, January 19 to 20, 2002

Name: High Wind in Alaska, January 19 to 20, 2002
Start: 2002-01-19T18:00
End: 2002-01-20T08:00
Location: Alaska

January 19 to 20, 2002 · NWS AFC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Kodiak Peninsula

When: January 19, 6:00 PM AST to January 20, 8:00 AM AST
Where: Kodiak Peninsula forecast zone
Measured: 62 kt (71 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Northwest winds increased across Kodiak Island as high pressure built into the area from the west and southwest. Low pressure in the eastern Gulf of Alaska maintained its strength. Surface pressure gradients were tightest over Kodiak Island.Three 40-foot vans at the CSX terminal were a total loss, according to the Kodiak Daily Mirror. They were all blown into the water. Winds also caused a power outage at 6 am, felling three trees out by the airport. The trees then fell on power lines, causing the generator to shut down. Another tree hit a power line located between Rezanof and Ismailof Streets, shutting off power briefly to residences west of Potatopatch Lake.

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

Every storm in Alaska in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5277140.