Cold/Wind Chill, Lower Kobuk Valley-Northern Seward Peninsula
- When
- March 11, 7:00 PM AST to March 12, 3:00 PM AST
- Where
- Lower Kobuk Valley-Northern Seward Peninsula forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Cold in Alaska, March 11 to 12, 1999
A large low in the Gulf of Alaska produced northwest winds over the area with and existing cold airmass, creating low wind chill values. Lowest readings were:Buckland -72, Deering -77, Selawik -71, Kotzebue -71.
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 large low in the Gulf of Alaska produced northwest winds over the area with and existing cold airmass, creating low wind chill values. Lowest readings were:Buckland -72, Deering -77, Selawik -71, Kotzebue -71.
Event by event
1 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Cold/Wind Chill
- Cold or wind chill below warning criteria that caused deaths, injuries or damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Flash Flood in Louisiana, March 11, 1999
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 11 to 13, 1999
- Hail in Texas, March 11, 1999
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- Hail in Oklahoma, March 11, 1999
- Waterspouts in U.S. Virgin Islands, March 11, 1999
- Flood in Indiana, March 11 to 14, 1999
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, March 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: 5682936.