Blizzard, Yukon Delta
- When
- November 17, 9:00 PM AST to November 18, 3:00 PM AST
- Where
- Yukon Delta forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Blizzard in Alaska, November 17 to 18, 1999
A strong storm moved northeast over the Bering Sea with it's associated weather front moving to south of Saint Lawrence Island before dissipating the afternoon of the 18th. Blizzard conditions occurred at Gambell and briefly at Savoonga (Saint Lawrence Island); also at Cape Romanzof (Yukon Delta).
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 AFG wrote it up.
A strong storm moved northeast over the Bering Sea with it's associated weather front moving to south of Saint Lawrence Island before dissipating the afternoon of the 18th. Blizzard conditions occurred at Gambell and briefly at Savoonga (Saint Lawrence Island); also at Cape Romanzof (Yukon Delta).
Event by event
2 blizzard. Local standard time, as filed.
Blizzard, St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast
- When
- November 18, 11:35 AM AST to 2:35 PM AST
- Where
- St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
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
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5723008, 5723007.