Blizzard, Lower Kobuk Valley-Northern Seward Peninsula
- When
- April 27, 2:00 AM AST to 10:00 PM AST
- Where
- Lower Kobuk Valley-Northern Seward Peninsula forecast zone
Blizzard in Alaska, April 27, 1998
A storm moving into Northwest Alaska produced a period of blizzard conditions across zone 1, and intermittent blizzard conditions over parts of zone 3, including Kotzebue, Point Hope, and Shishmaref. Across zone 1, affected sites included Point Lay, Wainwright, Barrow, Kuparuk, Deadhorse, Prudhoe Bay.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 into Northwest Alaska produced a period of blizzard conditions across zone 1, and intermittent blizzard conditions over parts of zone 3, including Kotzebue, Point Hope, and Shishmaref. Across zone 1, affected sites included Point Lay, Wainwright, Barrow, Kuparuk, Deadhorse, Prudhoe Bay.
Event by event
2 blizzard. Local standard time, as filed.
Blizzard, Arctic Slope Coastal
- When
- April 27, 7:00 AM AST to 8:00 PM AST
- Where
- Arctic Slope Coastal forecast zone
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
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Oklahoma, April 27, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Tennessee, April 27 to 28, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Arkansas, April 27, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 27 to 28, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 27, 1998
- Cold in Michigan, April 27 to 28, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Mississippi, April 27, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 27, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 27, 1998
- Tornado in Arkansas, April 27, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 27, 1998
- Hail in Texas, April 27, 1998
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, April 1998
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: 5637304, 5637303.