Ice Storm, Arctic Slope Coastal
- When
- October 16, 8:00 AM AST to 7:00 PM AST
- Where
- Arctic Slope Coastal forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Ice Storm in Alaska, October 16, 2000
A period of light freezing precipitation occurred across the Arctic Coast on the 16th. Kuparuk all reported Freezing Drizzle or light Freezing Rain.
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.
A period of light freezing precipitation occurred across the Arctic Coast on the 16th. Wainwright..Barrow..Deadhorse..Kuparuk all reported Freezing Drizzle or light Freezing Rain. Accumulations were significant...the highest was reported from an unofficial source at Kuparuk estimating one-half inch had been deposited that morning. Temperatures around freezing with low clouds high in moisture content was the cause of the event
Event by event
1 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Ice Storm
- Freezing rain accumulating a quarter inch or more of ice, or less where it caused significant damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
More
Every storm in Alaska in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, October 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5160824.