Blizzard, Chukchi Sea Coast
- When
- April 29, 10:41 PM AST to April 30, 7:44 PM AST
- Where
- Chukchi Sea Coast forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Blizzard in Alaska, April 29 to 30, 2001
A small Low pressure center developed over Kotzebue Sound, causing an existing northeast pressure gradient across the north part of the ChukChi Sea Coast to become north to northwest, producing blizzard conditions at Kivalina.
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 small Low pressure center developed over Kotzebue Sound, causing an existing northeast pressure gradient across the north part of the ChukChi Sea Coast to become north to northwest, producing blizzard conditions at Kivalina.
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
- Rip Current in Florida, April 29, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 29, 2001
- Strong Wind in Nebraska, April 29, 2001
- Hail in Nebraska, April 29, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, April 29, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, April 29, 2001
- Hail in Nebraska, April 29 to 30, 2001
- High Wind in Minnesota, April 29, 2001
- Hail in Alabama, April 29, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 29, 2001
- High Surf in Hawaii, April 29 to 30, 2001
- Hail in Colorado, April 29, 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: 5241247.