Blizzard, Arctic Slope Coastal
- When
- February 18, 3:00 PM AST to February 19, 2:00 PM AST
- Where
- Arctic Slope Coastal forecast zone
Blizzard in Alaska, February 18 to 19, 1998
Blizzard conditions occured for a few hours at Deadhorse (18th, 1500 + 1600) and at Barter Island (19th, 1300 + 1400) while the rest of the reporting stations did not reach blizzard criteria during this event.
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.
Blizzard conditions occured for a few hours at Deadhorse (18th, 1500 + 1600) and at Barter Island (19th, 1300 + 1400) while the rest of the reporting stations did not reach blizzard criteria during this event.
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
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 18, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Rhode Island, February 18, 1998
- High Wind in Vermont, February 18, 1998
- Flood in Florida, February 18 to 24, 1998
- High Wind in Vermont, February 18, 1998
- High Wind in Vermont, February 18, 1998
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, February 18, 1998
- High Wind in Vermont, February 18, 1998
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Maine, February 18, 1998
- Hail in Texas, February 18, 1998
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in New Hampshire, February 18, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Utah, February 18, 1998
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, February 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: 5630453.