Blizzard, Arctic Slope Coastal
- When
- March 3, 11:00 PM AST to March 4, 7:15 PM AST
- Where
- Arctic Slope Coastal forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, March 3 to 4, 2000
A small low pressure center formed over Kotzebue sound, and interacted with high pressure over the arctic basin to cause intermittent blizzard conditions and several hours of high wind at only Point Lay. The winds and blizzard let up as the low pressure center dissipated.
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 AFG wrote it up.
A small low pressure center formed over Kotzebue sound, and interacted with high pressure over the arctic basin to cause intermittent blizzard conditions and several hours of high wind at only Point Lay. The winds and blizzard let up as the low pressure center dissipated. Highest winds obseved at Point Lay AWOS: 40 mph sustained, gus 46 mph.
Event by event
1 blizzard, 1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Arctic Slope Coastal
- When
- March 3, 11:35 PM AST to March 4, 1:00 PM AST
- Where
- Arctic Slope Coastal forecast zone
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
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.
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood and Lightning Strikes in California, March 3, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 3, 2000
- Excessive Heat in Wisconsin, March 3 to 9, 2000
- Tornado in Mississippi, March 3, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, March 3, 2000
- Hail in Alabama, March 3, 2000
- Waterspout in California, March 3, 2000
- Hail in Mississippi, March 3, 2000
- Hail in Alabama, March 3, 2000
- Hail in Alabama, March 3, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 3, 2000
- Hail in Alabama, March 3, 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: 5134063, 5134064.