Winter Storm, Eastern Baranof Island and Southern Admiralty Island
- When
- February 16, 10:00 AM AST to 5:16 PM AST
- Where
- Eastern Baranof Island and Southern Admiralty Island forecast zone
- Measured
- 44
Winter Storm in Alaska, February 16, 1996
A deepening storm with a strong frontal system moved from off Kamchatka northeast over the Bering sea and Northern Alaska, producing blizzards conditions across west, northwest, Arctic Coast, and North Slope Portions of Alaska. Sites affected:Zone 24: Gambell (36g43 kts), Savoonga (39g44 kts), Zone 5: Shishmaref (47g56 kts), Point Hope (34g40 kts), Selawik (38g50 kts), Kotzebue (E 37g46 kts, W…
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 deepening storm with a strong frontal system moved from off Kamchatka northeast over the Bering sea and Northern Alaska, producing blizzards conditions across west, northwest, Arctic Coast, and North Slope Portions of Alaska. Sites affected:Zone 24: Gambell (36g43 kts), Savoonga (39g44 kts), Zone 5: Shishmaref (47g56 kts), Point Hope (34g40 kts), Selawik (38g50 kts), Kotzebue (E 37g46 kts, W 44g57 kts), Barrow (Bliz only 18th 0637 to 1300 LST), Barter Island (18th 2300-20th 0600 LST W 49g62 kts).
Event by event
1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Alabama, February 16, 1996
- Winter Storm in Vermont, February 16 to 17, 1996
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, February 16, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, February 16 to 17, 1996
- Winter Storm in Virginia, February 16 to 17, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New Jersey, February 16 to 17, 1996
- Winter Storm in Virginia, February 16 to 17, 1996
- High Wind in Florida, February 16, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Virginia, February 16, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New York, February 16 to 17, 1996
- Winter Weather in South Carolina, February 16, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Maryland, February 16, 1996
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, February 1996
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: 5571681.