Ice Storm in Alaska, October 6 to 7, 2000

Name: Ice Storm in Alaska, October 6 to 7, 2000
Start: 2000-10-06T17:20
End: 2000-10-07T09:52
Location: Alaska

October 6 to 7, 2000 · NWS AFC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 ice storm, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $8,000
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 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Ice Storm, Bristol Bay Coastal

When: October 6, 5:20 PM AST to October 7, 9:52 AM AST
Where: Bristol Bay Coastal forecast zone
Property damage: $8,000
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Warm air, overrunning a shallow cold air mass at ground level, produced a significant freezing rain event around the King Salmon/Naknek area. Electricity was disrupted for 45 minutes Friday and 3 hours Saturday due to the ice storm. Three power poles were downed.

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

Every storm in Alaska in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5157301.