Alaska, 2001

Heavy Snow in Alaska, March 28, 2001

March 28, 2001 · NWS AFC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 heavy snow, 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 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Susitna Valley

When
March 28, 11:00 AM AST to 11:59 PM AST
Where
Susitna Valley forecast zone
Reported by
DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

Close to 1 foot of new snow was reported near Cantwell (by the general public) Thursday morning. Heavy snowfall likely occurred in other parts of the Susitna Valley Wednesday and Wednesday night. This added to 4 to 6 inches of snow that fell Tuesday. The culprit, arctic frontal overrunning.

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: 5230782.