Blizzard in Alaska, April 4 to 5, 1999

Name: Blizzard in Alaska, April 4 to 5, 1999
Start: 1999-04-04T08:35
End: 1999-04-05T07:00
Location: Alaska

April 4 to 5, 1999 · NWS AFG · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

The weather front from a strong Low Pressure center in the southwest Bering Sea moved northeast over western Alaska, eventually dissipating over the Brooks Range Monday morning April 5th.

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.

The weather front from a strong Low Pressure center in the southwest Bering Sea moved northeast over western Alaska, eventually dissipating over the Brooks Range Monday morning April 5th. Blizzard conditions occurred at:Zone 10: Cape Romanzof , Emmonak , Hooper BayZone 9: Gambell (close: visibility ½ statute mile)Zone 6: Golovin, Nome, Unalakleet Zone 3: Kotzebue (close: visibility ½ statute mile), Red Dog Mine

Event by event

4 blizzard. Local standard time, as filed.

Blizzard, Yukon Delta

When: April 4, 8:35 AM AST to 9:15 PM AST
Where: Yukon Delta forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Blizzard, Southern Seward Peninsula-Eastern Norton Sound

When: April 4, 4:00 PM AST to 7:00 PM AST
Where: Southern Seward Peninsula-Eastern Norton Sound forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Blizzard, St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast

When: April 4, 7:00 PM AST to 8:00 PM AST
Where: St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Blizzard, Lower Kobuk Valley-Northern Seward Peninsula

When: April 4, 10:00 PM AST to April 5, 7:00 AM 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

Every storm in Alaska in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5695614, 5695616, 5695615, 5695617.