Alaska, 2001

Ice Storm in Alaska, January 15, 2001

January 15, 2001 · NWS AFC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 ice storm, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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.

Event by event

1 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Ice Storm, Kuskokwim Valley

When
January 15, 8:00 AM AST to 10:45 AM AST
Where
Kuskokwim Valley forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

McGrath reported freezing rain with a 7:28 am special. The freezing rain there lasted less than an hour..as winds set in and temperatures climbed in the mid 30s. It is reasonable to assume that there were areas of freezing rain around the area until just prior to warning cancellation.

What these are

Ice Storm
Freezing rain accumulating a quarter inch or more of ice, or less where it caused significant damage.

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: 5229460.