Alaska, 2000

Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 1, 2000

December 1, 2000 · NWS AJK · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A winter storm dumped 7 to 10 inches of snow in Haines.

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 AJK wrote it up.

A winter storm dumped 7 to 10 inches of snow in Haines.

Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Lynn Canal-Glacier Bay

When
December 1, 3:00 AM AST to 9:00 AM AST
Where
Lynn Canal-Glacier Bay forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

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

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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: 5161457.