Winter Storm, Middle Tanana Valley
- When
- January 14, 4:20 PM AST to January 15, 6:45 PM AST
- Where
- Middle Tanana Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
Winter Storm in Alaska, January 14 to 15, 2002
Isolated reports of freezing rain were received at the Fairbanks forecast office from the general public. This event was a result of warm air aloft being forced over a stationary Arctic front that extended across the middle Tanana 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 AFG wrote it up.
Isolated reports of freezing rain were received at the Fairbanks forecast office from the general public. This event was a result of warm air aloft being forced over a stationary Arctic front that extended across the middle Tanana Valley.
Event by event
1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in Alaska, January 14, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 14, 2002
- Blizzard in Alaska, January 14, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 14, 2002
- High Wind in Alaska, January 14, 2002
- Blizzard in Alaska, January 14, 2002
- High Wind in Alaska, January 14, 2002
- High Wind in Alaska, January 14, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 14 to 15, 2002
- Blizzard in Alaska, January 14, 2002
More
Every storm in Alaska in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, January 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: 5279710.