Blizzard, St Lawrence Is. Bering Strait
- When
- April 5, 12:35 PM AST to 5:15 PM AST
- Where
- St Lawrence Is. Bering Strait forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Blizzard in Alaska, April 5 to 7, 2001
A 960 Mb Low moved northeast over the Bering Sea the night of the 5th and continued north on the 6th weakening to 984 Mb over the Chukchi Sea the morning of the 7th.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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 960 Mb Low moved northeast over the Bering Sea the night of the 5th and continued north on the 6th weakening to 984 Mb over the Chukchi Sea the morning of the 7th. Blizzard conditions occurred at:Zone 207: Kivalina and Point Hope the morning of the 6th; Kivalina and Shishmaref the early morning of the 7th.Zone 208: NoatakZone 209: KotzebueZone 210: DeeringZone 211: Nome, Golovin, both during the evening of the 6th and the late afternoon of the 7th.Zone 213: Savoonga, likely at GambellZone 214: Saint Marys, Emmonak
Event by event
8 blizzard. Local standard time, as filed.
Blizzard, Srn Seward Peninsula Coast
- When
- April 5, 6:53 PM AST to 11:51 PM AST
- Where
- Srn Seward Peninsula Coast forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Blizzard, Yukon Delta
- When
- April 5, 7:35 PM AST to April 6, 1:55 AM AST
- Where
- Yukon Delta forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Blizzard, Baldwin Pen. & Selawik Valley
- When
- April 6, 1:18 AM AST to 9:14 AM AST
- Where
- Baldwin Pen. & Selawik Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Blizzard, Chukchi Sea Coast
- When
- April 6, 3:15 AM AST to 11:05 AM AST
- Where
- Chukchi Sea Coast forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Blizzard, Lower Kobuk & Noatak Valleys
- When
- April 6, 8:55 AM AST to 9:15 AM AST
- Where
- Lower Kobuk & Noatak Valleys forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Blizzard, Srn Seward Peninsula Coast
- When
- April 6, 4:42 PM AST to 6:53 PM AST
- Where
- Srn Seward Peninsula Coast forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Blizzard, Chukchi Sea Coast
- When
- April 7, 1:53 AM AST to 5:40 AM AST
- Where
- Chukchi Sea Coast forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
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
- Flood in Minnesota, April 5 to 26, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, April 5, 2001
- Flooding in Iowa, April 5 to 14, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, April 5, 2001
- Hail in Missouri, April 5, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Missouri, April 5, 2001
- Flood and Hail in Iowa, April 5, 2001
- Flood and Hail in Illinois, April 5, 2001
- Hail in California, April 5, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 5, 2001
- Hail in Kansas, April 5, 2001
- High Wind in Alaska, April 5 to 6, 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: 5241230, 5241231, 5241232, 5241235, 5241233, 5241234, 5241236, 5241237.