Blizzard in Alaska, February 7, 1998

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.

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.

• Heavy Snow in Utah, February 7 to 9, 19982 deaths · 20 injured · $100,000 · 15 events
• Flash Flooding and Flood in California, February 7 to 8, 19983 deaths · 2 injured · 61 kt wind · 24 events
• Flooding in California, February 7 to 8, 1998$3.5 million · 2 events
• High Wind in California, February 7, 1998$300,000 · 5 events
• Storm Surge in Oregon, February 7, 1998$300,000 · 1 event
• Lightning Strike in California, February 7, 1998$50,000 · 1 event
• Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 7 to 9, 19988 events
• Dense Fog in Colorado, February 7, 19983 events
• High Wind in Oregon, February 7, 19983 events
• Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 7, 19981 event
• Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 7 to 8, 19981 event
• Heavy Snow in California, February 7, 19981 event

Every storm in Alaska in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, February 1998

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: 5630438.