Heavy Snow, Cape Fairweather to Cape Suckling-Coastal Area
- When
- February 13, 8:30 AM AST to 4:00 PM AST
- Where
- Cape Fairweather to Cape Suckling-Coastal Area forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 13, 2002
A weather front moving across the northern Gulf of Alaska spread snow across the northeast gulf coast. The majority of the snow fell during the morning hours, although it persisted into the afternoon.
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 AJK wrote it up.
A weather front moving across the northern Gulf of Alaska spread snow across the northeast gulf coast. The majority of the snow fell during the morning hours, although it persisted into the afternoon. The Weather Service office in Yakutat reported 7.4 inches.
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
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: 5281686.