Blizzard, St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast
- When
- March 14, 12:00 AM AST to 4:00 AM AST
- Where
- St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Blizzard in Alaska, March 14, 1999
The remains of a weakening weather system over southwest Alaska moved north over Norton Sound and the Seward Peninsula, causing local blizzard conditions at Tin City on the Bering Strait Coast (conditions were not as severe over Saint Lawrence Island).
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.
The remains of a weakening weather system over southwest Alaska moved north over Norton Sound and the Seward Peninsula, causing local blizzard conditions at Tin City on the Bering Strait Coast (conditions were not as severe over Saint Lawrence Island).
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
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- Wildfire in Florida, March 14 to 15, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Florida, March 14, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Florida, March 14, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Florida, March 14, 1999
- Tornado in Florida, March 14, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, March 14, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Florida, March 14, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Florida, March 14, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Florida, March 14, 1999
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, March 14 to 15, 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: 5682937.