Blizzard, Arctic Slope Coastal
- When
- January 1, 12:15 AM AST to 5:15 AM AST
- Where
- Arctic Slope Coastal forecast zone
Blizzard in Alaska, January 1, 1998
Moderate winds having continued for some time, increased to at least 30 kts between Cape Lisburne and Icy cape, resulting in low visibilities in blowing snow at Point Lay - AWOS visibilities were at least 1/4 mile during this period, sometimes 0 (zero).
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.
Moderate winds having continued for some time, increased to at least 30 kts between Cape Lisburne and Icy cape, resulting in low visibilities in blowing snow at Point Lay - AWOS visibilities were at least 1/4 mile during this period, sometimes 0 (zero).
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
- Winter Storm in Oregon, January 1, 1998
- Flood in Florida, January 1 to 25, 1998
- Wildfire and Rip Current in Guam, January 1 to 31, 1998
- Flood in Florida, January 1 to 26, 1998
- Flood in Florida, January 1, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Tennessee, January 1, 1998
- High Surf in Hawaii, January 1 to 3, 1998
- Hurricane in American Samoa, January 1 to 5, 1998
- Flooding in Georgia, January 1 to 31, 1998
- Flooding in South Carolina, January 1 to 31, 1998
- Drought in Hawaii, January 1 to 31, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Washington, January 1 to 2, 1998
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, January 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: 5627321.