Avalanche, Northern Lynn Canal
- When
- December 7, 8:00 AM AST to December 8, 4:00 PM AST
- Where
- Northern Lynn Canal forecast zone
- Property damage
- $4,000
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
Avalanche in Alaska, December 7 to 8, 2001
A minor avalanche resulting from the release of accumulated snow from previous snows blocked the Haines Highway for about 24 hours. An estimated cost to rent equipment and the time to clear the road was $4000.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $4,000
- 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 minor avalanche resulting from the release of accumulated snow from previous snows blocked the Haines Highway for about 24 hours. An estimated cost to rent equipment and the time to clear the road was $4000.
Event by event
1 avalanche. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Avalanche
- A mass of snow sliding down a mountainside that caused a death, an injury or damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Rip Current in California, December 7, 2001
- High Wind in California, December 7 to 8, 2001
- Dense Fog in California, December 7 to 8, 2001
- High Wind in California, December 7, 2001
- Tornado in Arkansas, December 7, 2001
- Tornado in Arkansas, December 7, 2001
- Tornado in Arkansas, December 7, 2001
- Tornado in Arkansas, December 7, 2001
- Tornado in Arkansas, December 7, 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: 5273916.