Blizzard, St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast
- When
- March 22, 3:00 AM AST to 5:00 PM AST
- Where
- St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast forecast zone
Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, March 22, 1998
A Weather Front moved northeast across the North Central Bering Sea bringing Blizzard conditions to Savoonga, for several hours, and possibly to the Bering Strait Coast. High winds also occurred at Gambell: 41 kt sustained, gust 49 kt.
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 AFG wrote it up.
A Weather Front moved northeast across the North Central Bering Sea bringing Blizzard conditions to Savoonga, for several hours, and possibly to the Bering Strait Coast. High winds also occurred at Gambell: 41 kt sustained, gust 49 kt.
Event by event
1 blizzard, 1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast
- When
- March 22, 4:00 AM AST to 6:00 AM AST
- Where
- St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 49 kt (56 mph)
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.
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Debris Flow in Virginia, March 22, 1998
- High Surf in Hawaii, March 22 to 24, 1998
- Winter Weather in Maryland, March 22, 1998
- Flooding in Illinois, March 22 to 31, 1998
- Flooding in California, March 22 to 23, 1998
- Winter Weather in New Jersey, March 22, 1998
- Heavy Snow in New Jersey, March 22, 1998
- Heavy Rain in California, March 22 to 23, 1998
- Flooding in Michigan, March 22 to 25, 1998
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, March 22, 1998
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 22, 1998
- Flood in Ohio, March 22 to 23, 1998
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, March 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: 5632191, 5632192.