Avalanche, Juneau Borough-Eastern Chichagof-Admiralty Island
- When
- February 14, 12:30 AM AST to 12:35 AM AST
- Where
- Juneau Borough-Eastern Chichagof-Admiralty Island forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
Avalanche in Alaska, February 14, 2002
A major avalanche occurred in the early morning hours about 2 miles south of downtown Juneau. The avalanche covered 300 feet of Thane Road to a depth of 30 feet.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $5,000
- 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 major avalanche occurred in the early morning hours about 2 miles south of downtown Juneau. The avalanche covered 300 feet of Thane Road to a depth of 30 feet. Traffic was blocked for 9 hours and power lines were damaged. Power was interrupted in downtown Juneau for 2 hours. A vehicle received minor damage after being driven into the downed trees on the northern fringes of the avalanche. The driver walked away fine.
Event by event
1 avalanche. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Avalanche
- A mass of snow sliding down a mountainside that caused a death, an injury or damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5281692.