Winter Storm, Middle Tanana Valley
- When
- January 17, 12:53 AM AST to 4:30 AM AST
- Where
- Middle Tanana Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
Winter Storm in Alaska, January 17, 2002
Trained spotters reported isolated pockets of freezing rain across the Middle Tanana Valley near Fairbanks. Freezing rain developed along a warm front that was moving north into the area.
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.
Trained spotters reported isolated pockets of freezing rain across the Middle Tanana Valley near Fairbanks. Freezing rain developed along a warm front that was moving north into the area. Warmer temperatures aloft allowed precipitation to melt before falling back into below freezing temperatures at the surface.
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
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- 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
- 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
- Ice Storm in Alaska, January 17 to 18, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 17, 2002
- Winter Storm in Alaska, January 17 to 18, 2002
More
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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: 5279776.