Heavy Snow, Tanana Valley
- When
- May 1, 12:00 AM AST to May 2, 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Tanana Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Heavy Snow in Alaska, May 1 to 2, 1999
A low pressure center over the southern Yukon Territory pulled cool air east across the Tanana Valley while spreading moisture over the valley from the west. Although the western and lower elevations of the Fairbanks area received little snowfall, hills to the north and east of town, received accumulations of 6 to 12 inches, as well as areas east of Fairbanks to Canada and south along the north…
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 low pressure center over the southern Yukon Territory pulled cool air east across the Tanana Valley while spreading moisture over the valley from the west. Although the western and lower elevations of the Fairbanks area received little snowfall, hills to the north and east of town, received accumulations of 6 to 12 inches, as well as areas east of Fairbanks to Canada and south along the north slopes of the Alaska Range, mainly east of the Parks Highway. Snowfall totals: Delta Junction: 7 inchesNorthway: 7 inchesCo-op observationsFort Knox Gold Mine 12 inchesGilmore Creek 8.3 inchesWhitestone Farms 9 inchesUnofficial readings17.5 mile Chena Hot Springs Road 11 inchesChena Hot Springs 8 inchesSalcha Area "nearly a foot"
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in New Mexico, May 1, 1999
- Flooding in Colorado, May 1 to 5, 1999
- Drought in Georgia, May 1 to 31, 1999
- Flooding in Colorado, May 1 to 3, 1999
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Texas, May 1, 1999
- Drought in Virginia, May 1 to 31, 1999
- Drought in New Jersey, May 1 to 31, 1999
- Drought in West Virginia, May 1 to 31, 1999
- Drought in Maryland, May 1 to 31, 1999
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 1 to 2, 1999
- Drought in Pennsylvania, May 1 to 31, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Texas, May 1, 1999
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, May 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: 5698799.