Heavy Snow, Northern Lynn Canal
- When
- February 20, 7:00 PM AST to February 21, 4:00 AM AST
- Where
- Northern Lynn Canal forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 20 to 21, 2002
A weather front lifting over the northern panhandle region brought warm moist air to the entrenched arctic air in northern Lynn Canal. The heavy snow fell overnight predominately at Haines and the Chilkaat Valley.
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 lifting over the northern panhandle region brought warm moist air to the entrenched arctic air in northern Lynn Canal. The heavy snow fell overnight predominately at Haines and the Chilkaat Valley. A report from the Haines police estimated 12 to 18 inches and the a trained weather spotter in Haines reported 10 inches from the 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
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- Heavy Snow in Michigan, February 20, 2002
- Winter Storm in Colorado, February 20 to 21, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, February 20, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, February 20, 2002
- Flooding in Indiana, February 20 to 27, 2002
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, February 20 to 23, 2002
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: 5281683.