Blizzard, Southern Seward Peninsula-Eastern Norton Sound
- When
- April 29, 7:00 AM AST to 10:35 AM AST
- Where
- Southern Seward Peninsula-Eastern Norton Sound forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Blizzard in Alaska, April 29, 1999
A moderate weather front moved northeast over the west coast of Alaska producing blizzard conditions at:Zone 10: Saint MarysZone 9: Tin CityZone 6: Nome, GolovinZone 3: Kotzebue, Shishmaref, Kivalina, Point Hope (close: visibility 1/2 statute mile)
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 moderate weather front moved northeast over the west coast of Alaska producing blizzard conditions at:Zone 10: Saint MarysZone 9: Tin CityZone 6: Nome, GolovinZone 3: Kotzebue, Shishmaref, Kivalina, Point Hope (close: visibility 1/2 statute mile)
Event by event
4 blizzard. Local standard time, as filed.
Blizzard, St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast
- When
- April 29, 7:15 AM AST to 12:00 PM AST
- Where
- St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Blizzard, Yukon Delta
- When
- April 29, 8:00 AM AST to 9:00 AM AST
- Where
- Yukon Delta forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Blizzard, Lower Kobuk Valley-Northern Seward Peninsula
- When
- April 29, 8:00 AM AST to 2:17 PM AST
- Where
- Lower Kobuk Valley-Northern Seward Peninsula forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
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
- Avalanche in Alaska, April 29, 1999
- Flash Flood in Colorado, April 29 to 30, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, April 29, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Florida, April 29, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, April 29, 1999
- High Wind in New Mexico, April 29, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Texas, April 29, 1999
- Flooding in Wyoming, April 29 to 30, 1999
- High Wind in Arizona, April 29, 1999
- Flood and Heavy Snow in Nevada, April 29 to 30, 1999
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, April 29 to 30, 1999
- Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, April 29, 1999
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, April 1999
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: 5695622, 5695621, 5695620, 5695623.