High Wind in Eastern Aleutians, Alaska

High Wind April 6, 2011 · Eastern Aleutians, Alaska

85 mph

Estimated gust (74 kt)

$1K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

Local law enforcement estimated wind speeds of 85 mph.

The wider storm

A large intense Bering Sea storm impacted Alaska from the Aleutian Islands to south central Alaska April 5th through the 7th. Wind gust reached 94 mph along Turnagain Arm and ranged from 72 to 78 mph along the Aleutian Islands, Alaska Peninsula and Pribilof Islands. This storm also produced blizzard conditions across the Pribilof Islands to the Bering Sea coast and Bristol Bay coast. Blizzard conditions also occurred in the Chugach Mountains through Thompson Pass.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 286128. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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