Heavy Snow, Upper Kobuk and Noatak Vlys
- When
- April 17, 2:00 PM AST to April 18, 2:00 PM AST
- Where
- Upper Kobuk and Noatak Vlys forecast zone
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
Heavy Snow in Alaska, April 17 to 18, 2002
A strong low pressure system moved across Norton Sound and into the Upper Kobuk and Noatak Valleys. This system brought with it significant moisture producing areas of heavy snow.
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 system moved across Norton Sound and into the Upper Kobuk and Noatak Valleys. This system brought with it significant moisture producing areas of heavy snow. The high school principle at Ambler reported that 9 to 10 inches of new snow had fallen over a 24 hour period.
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 17 to 18, 2002
- Hail and Heavy Rain in Tennessee, April 17, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, April 17 to 18, 2002
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, April 17 to 18, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, April 17, 2002
- High Wind in Iowa, April 17 to 18, 2002
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, April 17, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, April 17 to 18, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 17, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, April 17, 2002
- Hail and Lightning Strike in North Carolina, April 17, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, April 17, 2002
More
Every storm in Alaska in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, April 2002
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: 5288648.