Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 6 to 7, 2000

Name: Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 6 to 7, 2000
Start: 2000-01-06T07:00
End: 2000-01-07T07:00
Location: Alaska

January 6 to 7, 2000 · NWS AFC · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Moderate snowfall was observed across much of the Kenai Peninsula. Snowfall amounts ranged upwards of 8 inches at Soldotna, Kenai, Ninilchik and Homer.

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 AFC wrote it up.

Moderate snowfall was observed across much of the Kenai Peninsula. Snowfall amounts ranged upwards of 8 inches at Soldotna, Kenai, Ninilchik and Homer. Seward recorded 6 inches of new snow, while heavier snowfall close to 12 inches was reported in Turnagain Pass.

Event by event

2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Cook Inlet

When: January 6, 7:00 AM AST to January 7, 7:00 AM AST
Where: Cook Inlet forecast zone
Reported by: DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

Heavy Snow, Central Gulf Coast

When: January 6, 7:00 AM AST to January 7, 7:00 AM AST
Where: Central Gulf Coast forecast zone
Reported by: DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

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

Every storm in Alaska in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings in Alaska, January 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: 5128535, 5128536.