Heavy Snow in Alaska, October 17, 2001

Name: Heavy Snow in Alaska, October 17, 2001
Start: 2001-10-17T03:00
End: 2001-10-17T10:30
Location: Alaska

October 17, 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, Anchorage Muni to Bird Creek

When: October 17, 3:00 AM AST to 10:30 AM AST
Where: Anchorage Muni to Bird Creek forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Arctic front overrunning snow moved into the Anchorage Municipality zone early Wednesday, lasting less than 8 hours. Anomalous snowfall was reported at the Anchorage Forecast Office, where accumulations reached 8". Amounts elsewhere, from the entire Hillside and Eagle River reported accumulations 2-4" during the same less than 8 hour period. Airport observations recorded heavy snow from 0400-0500 AST.

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

Every storm in Alaska in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Alaska, October 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5268109.