Heavy Snow, Juneau Borough-Eastern Chichagof-Admiralty Island
- When
- December 2, 9:00 PM AST to December 3, 9:00 AM AST
- Where
- Juneau Borough-Eastern Chichagof-Admiralty Island forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 2 to 3, 2001
Warm moist air being forced over colder air in Lynn Canal caused overrunning snow to fall over the northern portions of the Juneau Borough. 4 inches in a 12 hour period.
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.
Warm moist air being forced over colder air in Lynn Canal caused overrunning snow to fall over the northern portions of the Juneau Borough. A snowfall report from a spotter at Peterson Creek reported 9.4 inches in a 12 hour period.
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
- Winter Storm in Utah, December 2 to 7, 2001
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, December 2, 2001
- High Wind in Hawaii, December 2 to 3, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 2 to 3, 2001
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, December 2, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, December 2 to 3, 2001
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, December 2, 2001
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, December 2, 2001
- Heavy Snow in California, December 2 to 3, 2001
- High Wind in California, December 2, 2001
- High Wind in Hawaii, December 2, 2001
- High Wind in Montana, December 2, 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: 5273915.