Blizzard, Lower Kobuk Valley-Northern Seward Peninsula
- When
- March 26, 2:00 PM AST to March 27, 11:55 PM AST
- Where
- Lower Kobuk Valley-Northern Seward Peninsula forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Blizzard in Alaska, March 26 to 27, 1999
With an existing strong northeast pressure gradient across the zone, a disturbance aloft moved south over the area creating blizzard conditions at Kotzebue for four hours the evening of the 26th, and for longer at Kivalina.
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.
With an existing strong northeast pressure gradient across the zone, a disturbance aloft moved south over the area creating blizzard conditions at Kotzebue for four hours the evening of the 26th, and for longer at Kivalina.
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 North Dakota, March 26, 1999
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, March 26, 1999
- Strong Wind in South Dakota, March 26, 1999
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, March 26, 1999
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, March 26, 1999
- Rip Current in Guam, March 26, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, March 26, 1999
- High Wind and Cold in Alaska, March 26 to 29, 1999
- Winter Storm in Virginia, March 26, 1999
- High Wind in Wyoming, March 26, 1999
- High Wind in California, March 26, 1999
- Winter Weather in South Carolina, March 26, 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: 5682943.