Heavy Snow, Northern Lynn Canal
- When
- December 9, 8:00 AM AST to 6:00 PM AST
- Where
- Northern Lynn Canal forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 9, 2001
Moist air riding over the cold air in Lynn Canal and northern interior valleys resulted in snow over the area. Canyon Island on the Taku River report a snowfall of 9" and a report of 8" in Skagway.
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.
Moist air riding over the cold air in Lynn Canal and northern interior valleys resulted in snow over the area. Canyon Island on the Taku River report a snowfall of 9" and a report of 8" in Skagway.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Juneau Borough-Eastern Chichagof-Admiralty Island
- When
- December 9, 8:00 AM AST to 6:00 PM AST
- Where
- Juneau Borough-Eastern Chichagof-Admiralty Island forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
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
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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: 5273921, 5273922.