Heavy Snow, Northern Lynn Canal
- When
- February 16, 9:00 AM AST to 5:00 PM AST
- Where
- Northern Lynn Canal forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 16, 2002
Warm moist air flowing over colder air trapped in valleys of northern Lynn Canal resulted in an 8 hour period of heavy snow. An observer at the Haines Custom station reported 12 inches of snow fell from this event.
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.
Warm moist air flowing over colder air trapped in valleys of northern Lynn Canal resulted in an 8 hour period of heavy snow. An observer at the Haines Custom station reported 12 inches of snow fell from this event.
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
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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: 5281682.