Heavy Snow, Juneau Borough-Eastern Chichagof-Admiralty Island
- When
- February 2, 11:00 AM AST to 6:00 PM AST
- Where
- Juneau Borough-Eastern Chichagof-Admiralty Island forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 2, 2002
A small wave running along a slow moving weather front along the outer coast of Southeast Alaska brought warm air over the cold air over the inner channels in and around Juneau. The heaviest snow fell over the northern extreme of the area and tapered off in the evening and breifly changed to rain before ending.
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 small wave running along a slow moving weather front along the outer coast of Southeast Alaska brought warm air over the cold air over the inner channels in and around Juneau. The heaviest snow fell over the northern extreme of the area and tapered off in the evening and breifly changed to rain before ending. Snowfall amounts reported were 12.9 inches at Annex Creek (south of Juneau), 10 inches at the Juneau Forecast office, 7.8 inches along Lena Loop road (north of Juneau), 7.5 inches at Auke Bay, and 7.1 inches at the Juneau Airport.
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
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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: 5281679.