High Wind, Deltana and Tanana
- When
- January 5, 1:07 PM AST to 1:53 PM AST
- Where
- Deltana and Tanana forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, January 5, 2002
High winds in channeled areas of the eastern Alaska Range resulted as the pressure differential increased across the mountains. A low pressure trough developed north of the range, while to the south a ridge of high pressure strengthened.
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 AFG wrote it up.
High winds in channeled areas of the eastern Alaska Range resulted as the pressure differential increased across the mountains. A low pressure trough developed north of the range, while to the south a ridge of high pressure strengthened. Wind gusts to 48 knots (55 mph) were reported at the Delta Junction ASOS site.
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
- Ice Storm in Kansas, January 5, 2002
- Extreme Cold in South Carolina, January 5, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Florida, January 5, 2002
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, January 5 to 6, 2002
- Rip Current in Guam, January 5, 2002
- High Surf in Hawaii, January 5 to 10, 2002
- Winter Storm in Virginia, January 5 to 6, 2002
- Ice Storm and Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 5, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 5 to 6, 2002
- High Wind in Alaska, January 5 to 6, 2002
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, January 5 to 6, 2002
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Gulf of Mexico, January 5, 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: 5279689.