Blizzard, Eastern Baranof Island and Southern Admiralty Island
- When
- April 2, 8:35 AM AST to 3:15 PM AST
- Where
- Eastern Baranof Island and Southern Admiralty Island forecast zone
- Measured
- 49
Blizzard in Alaska, April 2, 1997
A storm moving North-Northwest in the Bering Sea brought strong winds and blizzard conditions to Zone 24.
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 storm moving North-Northwest in the Bering Sea brought strong winds and blizzard conditions to Zone 24.
Event by event
1 blizzard. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Blizzard
- Sustained winds or frequent gusts of 35 mph or more with falling or blowing snow that cuts visibility below a quarter mile for three hours or longer.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in Utah, April 2, 1997
- Flood in North Dakota, April 2 to 5, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, April 2, 1997
- High Wind in New Mexico, April 2 to 3, 1997
- Flash Flood in Texas, April 2, 1997
- Flash Flood in Texas, April 2, 1997
- High Wind in California, April 2, 1997
- High Wind in Arizona, April 2 to 3, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Texas, April 2 to 3, 1997
- Flash Flood in Texas, April 2, 1997
- High Wind in California, April 2, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Texas, April 2, 1997
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, April 1997
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: 5588849.