Heavy Snow, Southern Southeast Alaska Ernest Sound to Dixon Entrance
- When
- February 27, 6:30 PM AST to February 28, 12:30 PM AST
- Where
- Southern Southeast Alaska Ernest Sound to Dixon Entrance forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 27 to 28, 2001
Over a foot of snow fell in Hyder, followed by about 6 hours of freezing rain, during a winter storm.
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.
Over a foot of snow fell in Hyder, followed by about 6 hours of freezing rain, during a winter storm.
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
- Ice Storm in Kansas, February 27, 2001
- Avalanche in Utah, February 27, 2001
- Flash Flood in California, February 27, 2001
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Missouri, February 27, 2001
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, February 27, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, February 27 to 28, 2001
- Winter Storm in Kansas, February 27, 2001
- Winter Storm in Kansas, February 27, 2001
- Dense Fog in Florida, February 27, 2001
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, February 27 to 28, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Nebraska, February 27, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Arkansas, February 27, 2001
More
Every storm in Alaska in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, February 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: 5230736.