Blizzard, St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast
- When
- February 17, 10:00 AM AST to 2:00 PM AST
- Where
- St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Blizzard in Alaska, February 17, 1999
A small weather system moved into the northern Bering Sea. Blizzard conditions occurred on Saint Lawrence Island, only at Gambell.
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.
A small weather system moved into the northern Bering Sea. Blizzard conditions occurred on Saint Lawrence Island, only at Gambell.
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
- High Wind in Idaho, February 17, 1999
- Winter Weather in Maine, February 17 to 18, 1999
- High Wind in Colorado, February 17 to 18, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Nebraska, February 17, 1999
- High Wind in Wyoming, February 17, 1999
- Winter Storm in Colorado, February 17, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 17, 1999
- Blizzard in Colorado, February 17 to 18, 1999
- Wildfire in Colorado, February 17, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 17 to 18, 1999
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, February 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: 5682934.