High Surf, Chukchi Sea Coast
- When
- October 24, 12:00 PM AKST to October 31, 11:59 PM AKST
- Where
- Chukchi Sea Coast forecast zone
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
High Surf in Alaska, October 24 to 31, 2010
A few periods of strong north wind at Point Hope during the last week of the month produced significant beach erosion at Point Hope. A total of 12 feet of beach along the north shore of the village was lost.
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.
A few periods of strong north wind at Point Hope during the last week of the month produced significant beach erosion at Point Hope. A total of 12 feet of beach along the north shore of the village was lost. At times the north wind gusted as high as |45 kt (52 mph) at the Point Hope AWOS.
Event by event
1 high surf. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- High Surf
- Large waves breaking on the shore that caused damage, erosion or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 261231.