Thunderstorm Wind, Wrn Tanana Vly Wrn Yukon Vly
- When
- June 3, 9:16 PM AKST
- Where
- Wrn Tanana Vly Wrn Yukon Vly County, Tanana
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 65.180, -152.120
Damaging Wind in Alaska, June 3, 2010
A line of thunderstorms crossed the Tanana area late on the evening of the 3rd. A wind gust to 58 mph was observed at the Tanana ASOS at 2116AKST.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $5,000
- 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.
A line of thunderstorms crossed the Tanana area late on the evening of the 3rd. A wind gust to 58 mph was observed at the Tanana ASOS at 2116AKST. The high winds associated with the thunderstorm produced wind damage. A total of 22 trees, some with a trunk diameter over 2 feet were blown over. One residential powerline fell, with associated cable TV lines. A roof was blown off of a shed as well as a small smokehouse. Numerous boats along the Yukon River were blown up on the shore, and some of them had minor damage.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Fairbanks, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 3, 12:49 PM AKST, 8 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 12:49 PM AKST, 8 hours 27 minutes before
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 149 PM AKDT THU JUN 3 2010 .DISCUSSION...500MB PATTERN HAS A RIDGE EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL CANADA UP TO THE MACKENZIE DELTA AND THEN TO THE ALASKAN SIDE OF THE ARCTIC OCEAN. TWO CLOSED 500MB LOWS ARE LEANING UP AGAINST THIS RIDGE. ONE CLOSED LOW ALOFT IS CENTERED OVER THE CHUKOTSK PENINSULA...THE OTHER IS SPINNING AWAY OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA. DOWN AT THE SURFACE THE IMPORTANT FEATURES ARE THE 1027MB HIGH CENTERED OVER THE ARCTIC OCEAN AND THE THERMAL TROUGH IN THE INTERIOR. NUMEROUS SHORT WAVE FEATURES WILL RIDE AROUND THESE HIGH AND LOW CENTERS...BUT EXPECT NO GREAT TO CHANGE IN THE OVERALL ORIENTATION ALOFT FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. NUMERICAL MODELS HAVE BEEN INCONSISTENT IN THEIR HANDLING OF THESE SHORT WAVES... ESPECIALLY THE EASTERLY WAVES OVER THE INTERIOR. ECMWF APPEARED TO HAVE HAD BEST HANDLE ON A SHORT WAVE OVER THE SOUTHEAST INTERIOR THIS MORNING. NORTH SLOPE...SEA LEVEL PRESSURE CONTRAST BETWEEN THE SURFACE HIGH OFFSHORE AND THE THERMAL TROUGH OVER THE INTERIOR IS SOMEWHAT STRONGER THAN NORMAL...RESULTING IN EASTERLY WINDS THAT ARE RESPECTABLY STRONG FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. WINDS HAVE BEEN STRONGEST IN THE EASTERN ARCTIC...ACCORDINGLY WILL ISSUE GALE WARNINGS FOR MARINE AREAS 240 AND 245. ALSO WILL MENTION WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH FOR PUBLIC ZONES 203 AND 204. PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RELAX GRADUALLY FRIDAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND. WEST COAST...MAINLY QUIET WITH NO SIGNIFICANT LOW PRESSURE CENTERS IN THE BERING SEA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. MINOR BOUT OF MIXED PHASE PRECIP IN COASTAL NORTHWEST CORNER TONIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES HOVERING AROUND FREEZING. INLAND ZONES WILL BE SOMEWHAT CONVECTIVE IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. INTERIOR...CONVECTION IS THE ISSUE FOR NEXT COUPLE DAYS. THERMAL TROUGH IS IN THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR TODAY TO PROVIDE A DYNAMIC FOCUS FOR CONVECTION...BUT INDICATORS OF INSTABILITY SUCH AS LIFTED INDEX AND VERTICAL TOTALS SHOW CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL IS WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE INTERIOR. THERMAL TROUGH EDGES NORTHWARD AND WEAKENS OVER NEXT 48 HOURS...RESULT IS A MORE DIFFUSE PATTERN WITH INDISTINCT TRIGGERS FOR EACH DAYS CONVECTION. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .FIRE WEATHER...MOISTURE CONTENT OF AIR MASS IN THE INTERIOR IS HIGH ENOUGH TO KEEP AFTERNOON MIN RH LEVELS FROM DROPPING TO RED FLAG LEVELS TODAY OR FRIDAY. EASTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL KEEP CONVECTIVE STORMS MOVING ALONG AND LIMIT PRECIP POTENTIAL FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL SPOT ON THE GROUND. HOWEVER...DO NOT CONSIDER THAT POTENTIAL FOR DRY LIGHTNING IS PARTICULARLY HIGH DUE TO RESPECTABLE MOISTURE CONTENT OF THE AIR MASS. DEW POINTS IN FAIRBANKS AREA HAVE REACHED INTO THE LOW 50S TODAY. && .HYDROLOGY...BREAKUP IS WINDING DOWN ON THE NORTH SLOPE. RIVER LEVELS HAVE COME DOWN AT THE COLVILLE RIVER DELTA AS INFLUENCE OF SNOW MELT IS WANING. ACCORDINGLY...HAVE CANCELLED THE FLOOD ADVISORY FOR ZONE 203 AT THE COLVILLE DELTA. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ225-PKZ230. GALE WARNING FOR PKZ240-PKZ245. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ235-PKZ240-PKZ245. && ES JUN 10
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 4:51 PM AKST, 4 hours 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 551 PM AKDT THU JUN 3 2010 AKZ222-040400- MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY- INCLUDING...FAIRBANKS...FORT WAINWRIGHT...EIELSON AFB...ESTER... NORTH POLE...MOOSE CREEK...TWO RIVERS...FOX...CHATANIKA... CHENA HOT SPRINGS...SOURDOUGH CAMP 551 PM AKDT THU JUN 3 2010 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED JUST NORTH OF ESTER. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL. PEOPLE RESIDING IN THE ESTER AREA SHOULD HEAD INDOORS OR UNDER SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. SAK
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 5:27 PM AKST, 3 hours 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 627 PM AKDT THU JUN 3 2010 AKZ222-040430- MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY- INCLUDING...FAIRBANKS...FORT WAINWRIGHT...EIELSON AFB...ESTER... NORTH POLE...MOOSE CREEK...TWO RIVERS...FOX...CHATANIKA... CHENA HOT SPRINGS...SOURDOUGH CAMP 627 PM AKDT THU JUN 3 2010 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS 5 MILES WEST OF ESTER AND IS MOVING SOUTHWEST ALONG THE PARKS HIGHWAY. PEOPLE RESIDING OR TRAVELING ALONG THE PARKS HIGHWAY BETWEEN ESTER AND MILE MARKER 325 CAN EXPECT LIGHTNING...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND SMALL HAIL. SAK
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 6:36 PM AKST, 2 hours 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 736 PM AKDT THU JUN 3 2010 AKZ222-040445- MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY- INCLUDING...FAIRBANKS...FORT WAINWRIGHT...EIELSON AFB...ESTER... NORTH POLE...MOOSE CREEK...TWO RIVERS...FOX...CHATANIKA... CHENA HOT SPRINGS...SOURDOUGH CAMP 736 PM AKDT THU JUN 3 2010 THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE PARKS HIGHWAY HAVE WEAKENED AND ARE NO LONGER A HAZARD. SAK
Local storm report, Jun 3, 6:56 PM AKST, 2 hours 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
756 PM AKDT THU JUN 03 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0540 PM HAIL 5 NE ESTER 64.91N 147.90W
06/03/2010 M0.50 INCH AK CO-OP OBSERVER
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SAKLocal storm report, Jun 3, 6:57 PM AKST, 2 hours 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
757 PM AKDT THU JUN 03 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0540 PM HEAVY RAIN 5 NE ESTER 64.91N 147.90W
06/03/2010 M0.75 INCH AK CO-OP OBSERVER
0.75 INCHES OF RAIN IN 30 MINUTES.
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- Thunderstorm Wind
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The same day elsewhere
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 3, 2010
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- Flash Flood and Flood in Virginia, June 3, 2010
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in North Atlantic Coastal Waters, June 3, 2010
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, June 3, 2010
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Louisiana, June 3 to 4, 2010
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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: 223352.