High Wind, Pribilof Islands
- When
- January 28, 1:00 PM AST to 9:00 PM AST
- Where
- Pribilof Islands forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, January 28, 2002
Strong winds were reported just to the west of a moderate front, associated with a 981 mb low just east of Cold Bay Monday. Gusty north winds reached 61 mph at the Saint George Island ASOS.
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.
Strong winds were reported just to the west of a moderate front, associated with a 981 mb low just east of Cold Bay Monday. Gusty north winds reached 61 mph at the Saint George Island ASOS. Saint Paul recorded gusts significantly less...at only 45 mph.
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
- Extreme Cold in California, January 28 to 31, 2002
- Winter Weather in Nevada, January 28, 2002
- Excessive Heat in West Virginia, January 28, 2002
- Winter Storm in Colorado, January 28 to 30, 2002
- Excessive Heat in Ohio, January 28, 2002
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in California, January 28 to 29, 2002
- Excessive Heat in Kentucky, January 28, 2002
- Blizzard and Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 28 to 29, 2002
- High Wind in Colorado, January 28, 2002
- Winter Storm in Utah, January 28 to 30, 2002
- Heavy Snow in North Dakota, January 28, 2002
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, January 28, 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: 5277272.