Heavy Snow, Denali
- When
- May 2, 5:00 PM AST to May 3, 9:00 AM AST
- Where
- Denali forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Heavy Snow in Alaska, May 2 to 3, 2001
A cold front moving slowly east of the zone produced heavy snow due to northwest winds providing upslope cooling motion of the atmosphere over the area. 4 inches of new snow that morning.
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 cold front moving slowly east of the zone produced heavy snow due to northwest winds providing upslope cooling motion of the atmosphere over the area. The Weather observer at Healy reported 12.8 inches of snowfall at 8am the morning of the 3rd; likewise the Cooperative Observation at Denali Park recorded 11.4 inches of new snow that morning.
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
- High Wind in Utah, May 2 to 4, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 2, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, May 2 to 4, 2001
- Excessive Heat in New Jersey, May 2 to 4, 2001
- Excessive Heat in Pennsylvania, May 2 to 4, 2001
- High Surf in Hawaii, May 2 to 3, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 2, 2001
- Winter Storm in Colorado, May 2 to 4, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, May 2 to 5, 2001
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, May 2 to 3, 2001
- Excessive Heat in Maryland, May 2 to 4, 2001
- Excessive Heat in Delaware, May 2 to 4, 2001
More
Every storm in Alaska in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, May 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: 5246693.