Heavy Snow in Alaska, April 18 to 20, 2002

Name: Heavy Snow in Alaska, April 18 to 20, 2002
Start: 2002-04-18T23:00
End: 2002-04-20T00:00
Location: Alaska

April 18 to 20, 2002 · NWS AFG · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

1 inches, while the Co-op observer at Lake Minchumina reported 6 inches of new snow.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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 narrow band of heavy snow fell along a stationary front which extended from the western Alaska Range to east of Fairbanks.The Co-Op observer at Ester Dome (Zone 222) reported a 24 hour snowfall of 8.1 inches, while the Co-op observer at Lake Minchumina reported 6 inches of new snow.

Event by event

2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Middle Tanana Valley

When: April 18, 11:00 PM AST to April 19, 11:00 PM AST
Where: Middle Tanana Valley forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heavy Snow, Wrn Tanana Vly Wrn Yukon Vly

When: April 19, 12:00 AM AST to April 20, 12:00 AM AST
Where: Wrn Tanana Vly Wrn Yukon Vly forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

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 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5288682, 5288683.