Blizzard in Alaska, January 17, 2001

Name: Blizzard in Alaska, January 17, 2001
Start: 2001-01-17T07:55
End: 2001-01-17T12:55
Location: Alaska

January 17, 2001 · NWS AFG · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A strong Low pressure center that deepened to 950 mb just southwest of the Alaska Peninsula sent an occluded front over southwest Alaska producing blizzard conditions at Cape Romanzof.

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 AFG wrote it up.

A strong Low pressure center that deepened to 950 mb just southwest of the Alaska Peninsula sent an occluded front over southwest Alaska producing blizzard conditions at Cape Romanzof.

Event by event

1 blizzard. Local standard time, as filed.

Blizzard, Yukon Delta

When: January 17, 7:55 AM AST to 12:55 PM AST
Where: Yukon Delta forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

What these are

Blizzard: Sustained winds or frequent gusts of 35 mph or more with falling or blowing snow that cuts visibility below a quarter mile for three hours or longer.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Alaska in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Alaska, January 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: 5228558.