Blizzard, Arctic Slope Coastal
- When
- March 24, 6:00 AM AST to 7:00 PM AST
- Where
- Arctic Slope Coastal forecast zone
Blizzard in Alaska, March 24, 1998
Blizzard Conditions occurred in the Prudhoe Bay Area with east winds gusting between 35 and 40 kts. Conditions were reported at Prudhoe Bay, Deadhorse, and Kuparuk.
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 occurred in the Prudhoe Bay Area with east winds gusting between 35 and 40 kts. Conditions were reported at Prudhoe Bay, Deadhorse, and Kuparuk.
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
- Flash Flooding and Flood in California, March 24 to 25, 1998
- Flood and Damaging Winds in California, March 24, 1998
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in California, March 24, 1998
- Flooding in California, March 24 to 25, 1998
- Hail in Nebraska, March 24, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Utah, March 24, 1998
- Hail in Idaho, March 24, 1998
- Heavy Snow in California, March 24 to 25, 1998
- Funnel Cloud in Idaho, March 24, 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: 5632193.