High Wind, Cape Fairweather to Cape Suckling-Coastal Area
- When
- January 9, 5:30 AM AST to 2:00 PM AST
- Where
- Cape Fairweather to Cape Suckling-Coastal Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, January 9, 2002
A strong weather front moving across the Gulf of Alaska brought strong gusty southeast winds to the Eastern Gulf Coast area the morning of the 9th. The bay tower in Yakutat recorded a wind gust of 51 kt (58 mph) around 7am.
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 AJK wrote it up.
A strong weather front moving across the Gulf of Alaska brought strong gusty southeast winds to the Eastern Gulf Coast area the morning of the 9th. The bay tower in Yakutat recorded a wind gust of 51 kt (58 mph) around 7am.
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
- Sleet in Pennsylvania, January 9, 2002
- Winter Weather in Maryland, January 9, 2002
- Sleet in New Jersey, January 9, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, January 9 to 10, 2002
- Extreme Cold in Florida, January 9, 2002
- Dense Fog in Idaho, January 9, 2002
- Blizzard in Alaska, January 9 to 10, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, January 9 to 10, 2002
- Winter Weather in Virginia, January 9, 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: 5277879.