Alaska, 2000

Blizzard in Alaska, March 5, 2000

March 5, 2000 · NWS AFC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 blizzard, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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.

Event by event

1 blizzard. Local standard time, as filed.

Blizzard, Kuskokwim Delta

When
March 5, 12:00 AM AST to 9:00 AM AST
Where
Kuskokwim Delta forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Local blizzard conditions developed along the outer coast of the Kuskokwim Delta early Sunday. Lowest conditions were reported at Mekoryuk on Nunivak Island early Sunday where visibilities reached 1/4 mile or less in blowing snow. Reports of blizzard conditions were quite sparse across the area, presumably due to the lack of sufficient snow to blow around.

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

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: 5133347.