Blizzard, Chukchi Sea Coast
- When
- April 22, 9:53 PM AST to 10:53 PM AST
- Where
- Chukchi Sea Coast forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Blizzard in Alaska, April 22, 2001
Blizzard conditions were briefly met at Kivalina during a cold front passage from the northwest.
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.
Blizzard conditions were briefly met at Kivalina during a cold front passage from the northwest.
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
- Flash Flooding in Minnesota, April 22 to 23, 2001
- Ice Storm in Minnesota, April 22 to 23, 2001
- Tornado in Nebraska, April 22, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, April 22, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 22 to 23, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, April 22, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 22, 2001
- Lightning Strike in South Dakota, April 22, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 22, 2001
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, April 22 to 23, 2001
- High Wind in Texas, April 22, 2001
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, April 22 to 23, 2001
More
Every storm in Alaska in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, April 2001
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: 5241246.