Blizzard, Yukon Delta
- When
- February 11, 10:55 AM AST to 9:55 PM AST
- Where
- Yukon Delta forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, February 11 to 12, 2002
Blizzard conditions at Cape Romanzof and high winds across St Lawrence Island developed as a deepening low and associated occluded front over southwest Alaska moved northwest. The movement of this system was opposed by a strong high pressure system over Siberia creating a significant pressure gradient and associated strong winds across the northern Bering Sea.
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.
Blizzard conditions at Cape Romanzof and high winds across St Lawrence Island developed as a deepening low and associated occluded front over southwest Alaska moved northwest. The movement of this system was opposed by a strong high pressure system over Siberia creating a significant pressure gradient and associated strong winds across the northern Bering Sea. Cape Romanzof AWOS reported visibility down to zero with wind gusts up to 54 knots (62 mph). At the Tin City AWOS the wind reached 55 knots (63 mph) while the AWOS at Gambell reported gusts up to 51 knots (59 mph).
Event by event
1 blizzard, 1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, St Lawrence Is. Bering Strait
- When
- February 12, 12:52 AM AST to 10:55 AM AST
- Where
- St Lawrence Is. Bering Strait forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
What these are
- Blizzard
- Sustained winds or frequent gusts of 35 mph or more with falling or blowing snow that cuts visibility below a quarter mile for three hours or longer.
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in South Dakota, February 11, 2002
- High Wind in South Dakota, February 11, 2002
- High Wind in Minnesota, February 11, 2002
- High Wind in Montana, February 11, 2002
- High Wind in North Dakota, February 11, 2002
- Strong Wind in Wisconsin, February 11 to 12, 2002
- High Wind in New Jersey, February 11, 2002
- High Wind in North Dakota, February 11, 2002
- High Wind in Minnesota, February 11, 2002
- High Wind in South Dakota, February 11, 2002
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, February 11, 2002
- High Wind in Maryland, February 11, 2002
More
Every storm in Alaska in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, February 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: 5279927, 5279928.