Blizzard, Lower Kobuk Valley-Northern Seward Peninsula
- When
- February 10, 5:42 PM AST to February 11, 2:00 AM AST
- Where
- Lower Kobuk Valley-Northern Seward Peninsula forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Blizzard in Alaska, February 10 to 11, 2000
An occluded front moved north through Bering Strait, bringing blizzard conditions to Kotzebue Sound on the evening of Feb 10 through the early morning hours of Feb 11. BLizzard conditions occurred briefly at Kotzebue, marginally at Kivalina.
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.
An occluded front moved north through Bering Strait, bringing blizzard conditions to Kotzebue Sound on the evening of Feb 10 through the early morning hours of Feb 11. BLizzard conditions occurred briefly at Kotzebue, marginally at Kivalina.
Event by event
1 blizzard. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- High Wind and Heavy Rain in California, February 10, 2000
- Winter Weather in New York, February 10 to 11, 2000
- Winter Weather in Vermont, February 10 to 11, 2000
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 10 to 15, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 10 to 11, 2000
- Winter Storm in Michigan, February 10, 2000
- High Wind in Texas, February 10, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Nebraska, February 10 to 11, 2000
- Flood in California, February 10, 2000
- Heavy Snow in California, February 10, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Utah, February 10, 2000
- Heavy Snow in California, February 10, 2000
More
Every storm in Alaska in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, February 2000
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: 5135264.