Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 16 to 17, 2002

Name: Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 16 to 17, 2002
Start: 2002-02-16T17:00
End: 2002-02-17T10:30
Location: Alaska

February 16 to 17, 2002 · NWS AFC · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Calls to a spotter in Homer revealed that snow began the night before around 10 pm, then ended between 7 and 9 am Sunday. The Weather Service Office at Kodiak passed on snowfall reports of a 16" at Ugak Bay and, at Amook Island (in Yuak Bay) 3-5" in a 6 hour period.

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 AFC wrote it up.

A Prince William Sound low and its associated front moved west and northwest through the Kenai Peninsula early Sunday.An observation of moderate snow early Sunday around Homer, prompted an upgrade of an advisory to a heavy snow warning south of Clam Gulch.Calls to a spotter in Homer revealed that snow began the night before around 10 pm, then ended between 7 and 9 am Sunday. Bluff amounts were reported between 6 and 8 inches, while the city of Homer received 1 foot of new snow.The Weather Service Office at Kodiak passed on snowfall reports of a 16" at Ugak Bay and, at Amook Island (in Yuak Bay) 3-5" in a 6 hour period.

Event by event

2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Kodiak Peninsula

When: February 16, 5:00 PM AST to February 17, 10:30 AM AST
Where: Kodiak Peninsula forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heavy Snow, Kenai Peninsula

When: February 17, 3:00 AM AST to 8:00 AM AST
Where: Kenai Peninsula forecast zone
Reported by: OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY

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, 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: 5280108, 5280107.