Winter Storm, St Lawrence Is. Bering Strait
- When
- February 9, 8:55 PM AST to February 10, 10:55 AM AST
- Where
- St Lawrence Is. Bering Strait forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Blizzard and Winter Storm in Alaska, February 9 to 10, 2002
A winter storm developed across St Lawrence Island as high pressure over Siberia created strong northwesterly flow across the Bering Straits. As winds increased in response to a strengthening pressure gradient, wind chill temperatures plummetted to 63 degrees below zero at Tin City.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 AFG wrote it up.
A winter storm developed across St Lawrence Island as high pressure over Siberia created strong northwesterly flow across the Bering Straits. As winds increased in response to a strengthening pressure gradient, wind chill temperatures plummetted to 63 degrees below zero at Tin City. Blizzard conditions also resulted at Tin City as the winds peaked. The Tin City Automated observing site reported visibility as low as zero statute miles. This same system briefly created blizzard conditions as well at Cape Romanzof .
Event by event
1 winter storm, 1 blizzard. Local standard time, as filed.
Blizzard, Yukon Delta
- When
- February 10, 10:55 AM AST to 11:55 AM AST
- Where
- Yukon Delta forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
What these are
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
- Blizzard
- Sustained winds or frequent gusts of 35 mph or more with falling or blowing snow that cuts visibility below a quarter mile for three hours or longer.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Wildfire and Dust Storm in California, February 9 to 13, 2002
- High Wind in California, February 9 to 10, 2002
- High Wind in California, February 9 to 10, 2002
- High Wind in Kansas, February 9, 2002
- Rip Current in Guam, February 9, 2002
- High Wind in Nebraska, February 9 to 10, 2002
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, February 9 to 10, 2002
- Winter Storm in Kansas, February 9, 2002
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, February 9 to 10, 2002
- High Wind in Nebraska, February 9, 2002
- Winter Storm in Kansas, February 9, 2002
- High Wind in Colorado, February 9, 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: 5279925, 5279926.