Heavy Snow, Tanana Valley
- When
- September 26, 3:00 AM AST to 12:00 PM AST
- Where
- Tanana Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Heavy Snow in Alaska, September 26, 1999
A warm front moving east across the Interior of Alaska produced heavy snow over the western Tanana Valley. Snow at Lower elevations turned to rain by noon melting much or all of the accumulation on the valley floor.
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 warm front moving east across the Interior of Alaska produced heavy snow over the western Tanana Valley. Snow at Lower elevations turned to rain by noon melting much or all of the accumulation on the valley floor. Reports from Cooperative Observers:Denali Park: 13 inchesKeystone Ridge: 6.6 inchesEster Dome: 10.5 inchesTwo Rivers: 6 inches.
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
- Wildfire in California, September 26 to 30, 1999
- Flood in Florida, September 26, 1999
- Cold in California, September 26 to 27, 1999
- High Wind in Alaska, September 26 to 27, 1999
- High Wind in California, September 26 to 28, 1999
- Hail in South Dakota, September 26, 1999
- Cold in Oregon, September 26 to 27, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, September 26, 1999
- Funnel Cloud in Hawaii, September 26, 1999
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, September 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: 5710033.