Blizzard, St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast
- When
- February 9, 9:00 AM AST to 6:00 PM AST
- Where
- St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Blizzard in Alaska, February 9 to 12, 1999
A low pressure center and its associated frontal system moved northeast across the Bering Sea and dissipated in the Chukchi Sea early the morning of the 12th. Zone 9: Gambell, Savoonga.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 low pressure center and its associated frontal system moved northeast across the Bering Sea and dissipated in the Chukchi Sea early the morning of the 12th. Blizzard conditions occurred at:Zone 3: Kotzebue, Point Hope, Kivalina, Selawik.Zone 6: Golovin, Nome (close).Zone 9: Gambell, Savoonga.
Event by event
3 blizzard. Local standard time, as filed.
Blizzard, Lower Kobuk Valley-Northern Seward Peninsula
- When
- February 10, 11:00 PM AST to February 12, 2:00 AM AST
- Where
- Lower Kobuk Valley-Northern Seward Peninsula forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Blizzard, Southern Seward Peninsula-Eastern Norton Sound
- When
- February 11, 4:00 AM AST to 1:00 PM AST
- Where
- Southern Seward Peninsula-Eastern Norton Sound 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
- Heavy Snow in Montana, February 9, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, February 9, 1999
- Hail and Lightning Strikes in Georgia, February 9 to 10, 1999
- Winter Storm and Damaging Winds in Idaho, February 9 to 10, 1999
- Dense Fog in Oklahoma, February 9 to 10, 1999
- High Wind in California, February 9, 1999
- Winter Storm and High Wind in California, February 9, 1999
- High Wind in California, February 9, 1999
- Flash Flood in California, February 9, 1999
- Flash Flood in Alabama, February 9, 1999
- Dense Fog in Florida, February 9, 1999
- Dust Storm in California, February 9, 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: 5682930, 5682928, 5682929.