Ice Storm, Copper River Basin
- When
- January 17, 8:03 PM AST to January 18, 12:25 AM AST
- Where
- Copper River Basin forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Ice Storm in Alaska, January 17 to 18, 2002
Arctic front overrunning produced freezing rain in parts of the Copper River Basin late Thursday. No reports of intensity of freezing rain.
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 AFC wrote it up.
Arctic front overrunning produced freezing rain in parts of the Copper River Basin late Thursday. Cooler air aloft moved in and changed precipitation to all snow across the area early Friday.No reports of intensity of freezing rain.
Event by event
1 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Ice Storm
- Freezing rain accumulating a quarter inch or more of ice, or less where it caused significant damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Surf in U.S. Virgin Islands, January 17, 2002
- Strong Wind in Hawaii, January 17 to 20, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, January 17 to 18, 2002
- High Surf in Hawaii, January 17 to 20, 2002
- Winter Storm in Alaska, January 17, 2002
- Blizzard in Alaska, January 17, 2002
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 17, 2002
- High Wind in Alaska, January 17, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 17, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 17, 2002
- Winter Storm in Alaska, January 17 to 18, 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: 5277139.