Heavy Snow, Juneau Borough-Eastern Chichagof-Admiralty Island
- When
- February 25, 6:00 AM AST to 8:00 PM AST
- Where
- Juneau Borough-Eastern Chichagof-Admiralty Island forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 25, 2002
A wave moving north on a slow moving weather front over Southeast Alaska brought heavy snows to the extreme northern end of the Juneau Borough and northern inlets leading towards the Canadian interior. The cold air anchored over Juneau was slow erode and lead to a prolonged overrunning snow 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.
A wave moving north on a slow moving weather front over Southeast Alaska brought heavy snows to the extreme northern end of the Juneau Borough and northern inlets leading towards the Canadian interior. The cold air anchored over Juneau was slow erode and lead to a prolonged overrunning snow event. A spotter at Annex Creek in Taku Inlet reported 12.4 inches, the Juneau forecast office reported 8.0 inches, Juneau International airport had 7.8 inches, Lena Loop north of Juneau reported 6.5 inches.
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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- Winter Storm in Michigan, February 25 to 27, 2002
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- Heavy Snow in Michigan, February 25 to 26, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Illinois, February 25 to 26, 2002
- Winter Storm in Hawaii, February 25 to 26, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, February 25 to 26, 2002
- Blizzard in Alaska, February 25, 2002
- Hail in Hawaii, February 25, 2002
- Heavy Rain in Hawaii, February 25, 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: 5281684.