Heavy Snow, Cape Decision to Cape Fairweather-Coastal Area
- When
- January 3, 8:00 AM AST to 4:00 PM AST
- Where
- Cape Decision to Cape Fairweather-Coastal Area forecast zone
Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 3, 1998
Heavy snowfall occurred over the northeastern gulf coast and northern Southeast Alaska due to gulf moisture overrunning an arctic airmass ahead of an approaching frontal system. Snowfall totals during the eight-hour event included 20 inches in Elfin Cove, 8 inches at Tee Harbor (north of Juneau), 8 inches in the Mendenhall Valley, and 10 inches in Yakutat.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 AJK wrote it up.
Heavy snowfall occurred over the northeastern gulf coast and northern Southeast Alaska due to gulf moisture overrunning an arctic airmass ahead of an approaching frontal system. Snowfall totals during the eight-hour event included 20 inches in Elfin Cove, 8 inches at Tee Harbor (north of Juneau), 8 inches in the Mendenhall Valley, and 10 inches in Yakutat.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Juneau Borough-Admiralty Island-Icy Strait Area
- When
- January 3, 8:00 AM AST to 4:00 PM AST
- Where
- Juneau Borough-Admiralty Island-Icy Strait Area forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Cape Fairweather to Cape Suckling-Coastal Area
- When
- January 3, 8:00 AM AST to 4:00 PM AST
- Where
- Cape Fairweather to Cape Suckling-Coastal Area forecast zone
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
- Avalanche in Idaho, January 3, 1998
- Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, January 3, 1998
- Winter Storm in California, January 3 to 4, 1998
- Ice Storm in Kansas, January 3 to 4, 1998
- Hail in Texas, January 3, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, January 3 to 5, 1998
- Winter Storm in California, January 3 to 4, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Oregon, January 3 to 4, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Oregon, January 3, 1998
- Winter Storm in Washington, January 3, 1998
- Heat in Connecticut, January 3, 1998
- Heat in Massachusetts, January 3, 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: 5638609, 5638610, 5638611.