A strong weather weather front moving across the Gulf of Alaska moved into southern Southeast Alaska the morning of the 9th and spread north through the early morning hours of the 10th. The strong gusty winds took a roof off of a building in Annette sending it into a power line, knocking out power.
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.
The episode as NWS AJK wrote it up.
A strong weather weather front moving across the Gulf of Alaska moved into southern Southeast Alaska the morning of the 9th and spread north through the early morning hours of the 10th. The strong gusty winds took a roof off of a building in Annette sending it into a power line, knocking out power. The top wind speed at the surface was 74 mph (64 kt) at Craig, the ranger station in Juneau reported 72 mph (63kt), Cape Decision reported 71 mph (62kt), the Ketchikan terminal roof wind sensor reported a gust to 69 mph. Other notable readings included 76 mph at Mount Roberts Tram (1700ft above Juneau), 63 mph at Hydaburg, and 61 mph at Annette. The weather front also brought snow to northern Lynn Canal from the 9th to early on the 10th. Haines reported 6 to 8 inches of snow from the system.
4 high wind, 1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alaska in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, February 2002
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: 5281688, 5281691, 5281689, 5281687, 5281690.