Ice Storm, Cape Fairweather to Cape Suckling-Coastal Area
- When
- December 10, 11:40 PM AST to December 11, 5:25 AM AST
- Where
- Cape Fairweather to Cape Suckling-Coastal Area forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Ice Storm in Alaska, December 10 to 11, 2001
Rain falling through a cold layer near the surface in Yakutat was freezing upon the surfaces. Minor accumulations estimated at a thin layer of glaze coated objects.
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 AJK wrote it up.
Rain falling through a cold layer near the surface in Yakutat was freezing upon the surfaces. Minor accumulations estimated at a thin layer of glaze coated objects.
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 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, December 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: 5273979.