Blizzard, Arctic Slope Coastal
- When
- November 19, 1:00 PM AST to November 20, 4:00 PM AST
- Where
- Arctic Slope Coastal forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Blizzard in Alaska, November 19 to 20, 1998
Blizzard conditions occurred at Deadhorse from 1300 on the 19th to 1400 on the 20th, and at Kuparuk from 1800 on the 19th to 1600 on the 20th; other sites on the North Slope did not report conditions as low.
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 at Deadhorse from 1300 on the 19th to 1400 on the 20th, and at Kuparuk from 1800 on the 19th to 1600 on the 20th; other sites on the North Slope did not report conditions as low.
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
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, November 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: 5676710.