Winter Storm, Eastern Baranof Island and Southern Admiralty Island
- When
- February 19, 2:00 PM AST to February 22, 2:00 PM AST
- Where
- Eastern Baranof Island and Southern Admiralty Island forecast zone
- Measured
- 49
Winter Storm in Alaska, February 19 to 22, 1997
Strong High pressure over the Chukotsk Peninsula while a weather front over Interior Alaska intesified and moved slowly west. Wind Chills over Zone 6 only verified at Quartz Creek, a BLM Remote Automated Weather Station north of Nome over the inland Seward Peninsula, reaching values of -70 to -80 F.
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.
Strong High pressure over the Chukotsk Peninsula while a weather front over Interior Alaska intesified and moved slowly west. Wind Chills over Zone 6 only verified at Quartz Creek, a BLM Remote Automated Weather Station north of Nome over the inland Seward Peninsula, reaching values of -70 to -80 F. Wind Chills over Zone 24: Gambell -70 to -80 F, Port Clarence Coast Guard Station about -75 F. Strong winds were noted at Tin City with maximum sustained at 45 kts, gusts 49 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
- Flash Flood in Iowa, February 19, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Texas, February 19, 1997
- Flash Flood in Texas, February 19, 1997
- Flooding in Nebraska, February 19 to 22, 1997
- Flash Flood in Texas, February 19 to 20, 1997
- Flash Flood in Iowa, February 19 to 20, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Texas, February 19 to 21, 1997
- Winter Storm in Utah, February 19 to 20, 1997
- Heat in New Jersey, February 19 to 22, 1997
- Heat in Pennsylvania, February 19 to 22, 1997
- Heat in Maryland, February 19 to 22, 1997
- Heat in Delaware, February 19 to 22, 1997
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, February 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: 5587790.