Heavy Snow, Cook Inlet
- When
- December 28, 3:00 PM AST to December 30, 6:00 PM AST
- Where
- Cook Inlet forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 28 to 30, 1998
Arctic air combined with low pressure systems east of Kodiak and south and southeast of the Kenai Peninsula to produce copious amounts of snow. Overrunning conditions produced heavy snows from western Prince William Sound into southeastern portions of the Kenai Peninsula, especially near Seward, and from Seward into Turnagain Arm along and near the Alaska Railroad track system.
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 AFC wrote it up.
Arctic air combined with low pressure systems east of Kodiak and south and southeast of the Kenai Peninsula to produce copious amounts of snow. Overrunning conditions produced heavy snows from western Prince William Sound into southeastern portions of the Kenai Peninsula, especially near Seward, and from Seward into Turnagain Arm along and near the Alaska Railroad track system. In 72 hours, from Sunday through Wednesday evening, Whittier recorded 38 inches of new snow. From Monday morning to Wednesday morning, Seward received a whopping 46 inches of snow in the same period, virtually shutting down the town. Liquid water equivalents totalled 1.66 inches at the Seward ASOS from 9am Monday through 9am Wednesday. Girdwood recorded 21 inches of new snow at the Alyeska ski base...while 29 inches fell at the mountain top. Portage recorded over 2 feet of new snow...while Grandview (along the railroad corridor) reported 2 feet of snow in the 48 hour period from Sunday morning through Tuesday morning.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Central Gulf Coast
- When
- December 28, 3:00 PM AST to December 30, 6:00 PM AST
- Where
- Central Gulf Coast forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, December 28, 1998
- Dense Fog in Florida, December 28, 1998
- High Wind in Wyoming, December 28, 1998
- High Wind in Wyoming, December 28, 1998
- High Wind in Montana, December 28, 1998
- Flooding in Washington, December 28 to 31, 1998
- Flood in Oregon, December 28, 1998
- High Wind in Colorado, December 28, 1998
- High Wind in New Mexico, December 28, 1998
- Waterspout in Hawaii, December 28, 1998
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, December 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: 5670709, 5670710.