Debris Flow — Eastern Aleutians, Alaska

2006-02-13 · Eastern Aleutians, Alaska

Wider weather episode

An intense storm rapidly moved from the north Pacific into the Bering Sea on February 13th. This storm had an intense pressure gradient in advance of its associated front that produced extreme wind across the central Aleutians to the Alaska Peninsula and the Bristol Bay coast to the Pribilof Islands. Reports received from the vessel Stimson in Akutan were of wind peaking at 123 KTS that resulted in the vessel "tipping over" in the harbor. The vessel Redeemer reported winds peaking at 120 KTS where they were moored in Dutch Harbor. Along with the high wind, heavy rain occurred. This followed a prolonged period of extremely cold conditions with above average snow. Several landslides occurred. One landslide completely destroyed a building and its contents and another pushed a building off its foundation.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5487114. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.