Heavy Snow, Southern Southeast Alaska Ernest Sound to Dixon Entrance
- When
- December 3, 7:15 AM AST to 6:15 PM AST
- Where
- Southern Southeast Alaska Ernest Sound to Dixon Entrance forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 3 to 4, 2001
A winter storm off of the Gulf of Alaska moved over Southeast Alaska. Overrunning snow fall coupled with strong gusty created blizzard like conditions at times during the day.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 winter storm off of the Gulf of Alaska moved over Southeast Alaska. Overrunning snow fall coupled with strong gusty created blizzard like conditions at times during the day. Storm snowfall totals that were reported Annette (11"), also reporting significant new snowfall was Hyder (9.5")
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Misty Fjords
- When
- December 3, 7:15 AM AST to December 4, 6:00 AM AST
- Where
- Misty Fjords forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
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
- High Surf in American Samoa, December 3 to 7, 2001
- High Surf in California, December 3 to 4, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, December 3 to 4, 2001
- High Surf in Hawaii, December 3 to 16, 2001
- Dense Fog in California, December 3, 2001
- High Wind in Oregon, December 3 to 4, 2001
- High Wind in Alaska, December 3, 2001
- High Wind in South Dakota, December 3, 2001
- High Wind in Alaska, December 3, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 3 to 5, 2001
- Hail in Puerto Rico, December 3, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, December 3 to 4, 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: 5273913, 5273914.