Heavy Snow, Cape Fairweather to Cape Suckling-Coastal Area
- When
- February 26, 9:00 AM AST to 9:00 PM AST
- Where
- Cape Fairweather to Cape Suckling-Coastal Area forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 26, 2002
The heaviest snow fell in the last few hours just before the precipitation type changed over to rain. 1 inches.
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 moving across the Gulf of Alaska spread snow across the northeast gulf coast of Alaska.The heaviest snow fell in the last few hours just before the precipitation type changed over to rain. The weather office in Yakutat reported 8.1 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
- Extreme Cold in Georgia, February 26 to 28, 2002
- Winter Storm in Indiana, February 26 to 27, 2002
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, February 26 to 27, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Illinois, February 26, 2002
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, February 26 to 27, 2002
- Winter Storm in Indiana, February 26, 2002
- Winter Storm in Michigan, February 26 to 27, 2002
- High Wind in Alaska, February 26, 2002
- Strong Wind in Hawaii, February 26 to 27, 2002
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 26, 2002
- Heavy Rain in Hawaii, February 26, 2002
- Flash Flood in Hawaii, February 26, 2002
More
Every storm in Alaska in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5281685.