Alaska, 1999

Heavy Snow in Alaska, November 1, 1999

November 1, 1999 · NWS AFC · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Another 10 inches of snow was recorded in the Thompson Pass area between midnight and 7:30 am Monday. Total snowfall during the weekend included 33 inches at Valdez and a whopping 57 inches in Thompson Pass.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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 AFC wrote it up.

Another 10 inches of snow was recorded in the Thompson Pass area between midnight and 7:30 am Monday. Total snowfall during the weekend included 33 inches at Valdez and a whopping 57 inches in Thompson Pass. About 35 miles north of the Pass, 24 inches of new snow was reported in a 24 hour period.In the Copper River Basin, local snowfall amounts from 6 to 20 inches were reported along the Richardson Highway south of Copper Center and around Chitna (greatest amount).

Event by event

2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Central Gulf Coast

When
November 1, 12:00 AM AST to 7:30 AM AST
Where
Central Gulf Coast forecast zone
Reported by
DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

Heavy Snow, Copper River Basin

When
November 1, 12:00 AM AST to 7:30 AM AST
Where
Copper River Basin forecast zone
Reported by
DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

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

More

Every storm in Alaska in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, November 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5723831, 5723832.