Blizzard, Arctic Slope Coastal
- When
- March 14, 10:00 AM AST to 7:00 PM AST
- Where
- Arctic Slope Coastal forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Blizzard in Alaska, March 14, 2000
Strong high pressure over the Arctic Ocean moved slowly south while a trough of low pressure remainded stationary inland of the Arctic Coast. This increased winds along the Arctic Coast causing blizzard conditions at Wainwright, Nuiqsut, Point Lay and Kuparuk.
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.
Strong high pressure over the Arctic Ocean moved slowly south while a trough of low pressure remainded stationary inland of the Arctic Coast. This increased winds along the Arctic Coast causing blizzard conditions at Wainwright, Nuiqsut, Point Lay and Kuparuk. As the trough weakened, the winds diminished and blizzard conditions ended.
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
- Lightning Strike in Texas, March 14, 2000
- Wildfire in Puerto Rico, March 14 to 18, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, March 14, 2000
- Wildfire in Florida, March 14, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, March 14, 2000
- High Surf in Hawaii, March 14 to 17, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, March 14 to 15, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Montana, March 14 to 15, 2000
- High Wind in Alaska, March 14, 2000
- High Wind in Alaska, March 14, 2000
- High Wind in Montana, March 14, 2000
- High Wind in Montana, March 14, 2000
More
Every storm in Alaska in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, March 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: 5135699.