Heavy Snow, Northern Lynn Canal
- When
- December 23, 11:00 PM AST to December 24, 7:15 AM AST
- Where
- Northern Lynn Canal forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 23 to 24, 2001
Warm moist air assocated with low over the eastern Gulf of Alaska overrunning cold trapped in northern Lynn Canal produced moderate to heavy snow. 8" overnight and Skagway reported an estimated 9", and the Skagway Customs station reported 8".
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 assocated with low over the eastern Gulf of Alaska overrunning cold trapped in northern Lynn Canal produced moderate to heavy snow. Snowfall amounts at the Haines Customs station was 10.8" overnight and Skagway reported an estimated 9", and the Skagway Customs station reported 8".
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
- Avalanche in Alaska, December 23, 2001
- Hurricane in Guam, December 23 to 24, 2001
- Winter Storm in Michigan, December 23 to 25, 2001
- High Wind in Alaska, December 23 to 24, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 23 to 30, 2001
- High Surf in Hawaii, December 23 to 24, 2001
- Winter Storm and High Wind in Alaska, December 23 to 24, 2001
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, December 23, 2001
- Winter Weather in New York, December 23 to 24, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 23 to 24, 2001
- Winter Storm in Nevada, December 23, 2001
- Blizzard in Alaska, December 23, 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: 5273987.