Heavy Snow, Southern Southeast Alaska Ernest Sound to Dixon Entrance
- When
- December 18, 3:00 AM AST to 9:00 AM AST
- Where
- Southern Southeast Alaska Ernest Sound to Dixon Entrance forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 18, 2001
A band of moist air and spread snow across much of southern Southeast Alaska. Annette Island reported 14", Hollis reported 10", and a spotter at Saxman Island reported at least 6" of snow.
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.
A band of moist air and spread snow across much of southern Southeast Alaska. Annette Island reported 14", Hollis reported 10", and a spotter at Saxman Island reported at least 6" of snow.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flooding in Indiana, December 18 to 27, 2001
- Dense Fog in Kentucky, December 18, 2001
- Flooding in Illinois, December 18 to 24, 2001
- Dense Fog in California, December 18 to 19, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 18 to 19, 2001
- Dense Fog in California, December 18, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 18 to 19, 2001
- Flood in Indiana, December 18 to 31, 2001
- High Wind in North Carolina, December 18, 2001
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in North Atlantic Coastal Waters, December 18, 2001
- High Wind in New Jersey, December 18, 2001
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in North Atlantic Coastal Waters, December 18, 2001
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: 5273980.