Heavy Snow in Alaska, September 13 to 14, 1998

Name: Heavy Snow in Alaska, September 13 to 14, 1998
Start: 1998-09-13T00:00
End: 1998-09-14T12:00
Location: Alaska

September 13 to 14, 1998 · NWS AFG · 1 event in 1 county or zone

5 inches on the 14th. Actual duration of event is estimated.

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.

The co-op observer at the East Fork of the Sheenjak River, 120 miles norteast of Fort Yukon, reported a 24-hour snowfall of 8.5 inches on the 13th, and another 5.5 inches on the 14th. Actual duration of event is estimated.

Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Upper Yukon Valley

When: September 13, 12:00 AM AST to September 14, 12:00 PM AST
Where: Upper Yukon Valley forecast zone
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

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

Every storm in Alaska in 1998 Every state in 1998 This day in weather history Warnings in Alaska, September 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: 5666310.