Winter Storm, Lower Kobuk & Noatak Valleys
- When
- January 15, 8:00 AM AST
- Where
- Lower Kobuk & Noatak Valleys forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Winter Storm in Alaska, January 15, 2002
A weakening low pressure system over the southern Bering Straits and its associated frontal occlusion extended eastward helped, produce a small area of freezing rain. A small, shallow pocket of above freezing temperatures aloft near the occluded front produced the rain that subsequently fell into the surface area where temperatures were below freezing.
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.
A weakening low pressure system over the southern Bering Straits and its associated frontal occlusion extended eastward helped, produce a small area of freezing rain. A small, shallow pocket of above freezing temperatures aloft near the occluded front produced the rain that subsequently fell into the surface area where temperatures were below freezing. This resulted in the brief period of freezing rain that was reported at the village of Noatak.
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
- Heavy Snow in Utah, January 15, 2002
- Winter Storm in Maine, January 15 to 16, 2002
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 15 to 16, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Maine, January 15 to 16, 2002
- Extreme Cold in California, January 15 to 20, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, January 15 to 16, 2002
- High Wind in Alaska, January 15, 2002
- High Surf in Hawaii, January 15 to 16, 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: 5279705.