Heavy Snow, Frederick Sound-Kupreanof-Wrangell Islands to Ernest South
- When
- December 16, 12:00 AM AST to 10:00 AM AST
- Where
- Frederick Sound-Kupreanof-Wrangell Islands to Ernest South forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 16, 2000
Some areas in the central and northern inner channels of Southeast Alaska received heavy snow as a low pressure system in the Gulf of Alaska spread warm moist air over a shallow arctic airmass. Storm totals included 10 inches at Port Alexander, 8 inches in Wrangell, and 13 inches in Haines.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Some areas in the central and northern inner channels of Southeast Alaska received heavy snow as a low pressure system in the Gulf of Alaska spread warm moist air over a shallow arctic airmass. Storm totals included 10 inches at Port Alexander, 8 inches in Wrangell, and 13 inches in Haines.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Cape Decision to Cape Fairweather-Coastal Area
- When
- December 16, 12:00 AM AST to 10:00 AM AST
- Where
- Cape Decision to Cape Fairweather-Coastal Area forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Heavy Snow, Lynn Canal-Glacier Bay
- When
- December 16, 12:00 AM AST to 10:00 AM AST
- Where
- Lynn Canal-Glacier Bay forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
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
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- Tornado in Florida, December 16, 2000
- Tornado in Georgia, December 16, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Illinois, December 16 to 17, 2000
- Tornado in Alabama, December 16, 2000
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: 5161459, 5161460, 5161461.