Heavy Snow, Wrn P.W. Snd & Kenai Mtns
- When
- January 20, 12:00 PM AST to January 23, 12:00 PM AST
- Where
- Wrn P.W. Snd & Kenai Mtns forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 20 to 23, 2001
At least 2 significant frontal systems moving north northwest through the Kenai Peninsula and Prince William Sound produced heavy, higher elevation, snows. DOT and Railroad observations received just after noon Monday mentioned 2 ½ feet of new snow around the Silvertip site and 3 feet around Grandview (elevation around 1000') in the #last 48 hours'.
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 AFC wrote it up.
At least 2 significant frontal systems moving north northwest through the Kenai Peninsula and Prince William Sound produced heavy, higher elevation, snows. DOT and Railroad observations received just after noon Monday mentioned 2 ½ feet of new snow around the Silvertip site and 3 feet around Grandview (elevation around 1000') in the #last 48 hours'. Summit Lake recorded 14" of snow during roughly the same time frame.By noon Tuesday, another foot of snow was reported in Turnagain Pass, only 6-8" at Summit Lake.
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
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, January 20, 2001
- Winter Storm and Sleet in New Jersey, January 20 to 21, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, January 20, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, January 20 to 21, 2001
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in New York, January 20 to 21, 2001
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, January 20 to 21, 2001
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Maryland, January 20 to 21, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 20 to 21, 2001
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, January 20 to 21, 2001
- Strong Wind in North Carolina, January 20, 2001
- Winter Weather in Georgia, January 20, 2001
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 20 to 21, 2001
More
Every storm in Alaska in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5229458.