Heavy Snow, Northern Lynn Canal
- When
- January 5, 10:00 AM AST to 9:00 PM AST
- Where
- Northern Lynn Canal forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Ice Storm and Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 5, 2002
A strong weather front moving over the northern panhandle and a pocket of cold air trapped in valleys of northern Lynn Canal. Heavy snow fell at the higher elevations and near the White and Chilkaat passes, while pockets of freezing rain fell around and north of the the city of Haines.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 AJK wrote it up.
A strong weather front moving over the northern panhandle and a pocket of cold air trapped in valleys of northern Lynn Canal. Heavy snow fell at the higher elevations and near the White and Chilkaat passes, while pockets of freezing rain fell around and north of the the city of Haines. The customs station near the border north of Haines reported 11 inches of snow, while in and just north of Haines approximately an a tenth of an inch of glaze accumulated from the freezing rain.
Event by event
1 heavy snow, 1 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Ice Storm, Northern Lynn Canal
- When
- January 5, 10:30 AM AST to 9:00 PM AST
- Where
- Northern Lynn Canal forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
- 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
- Ice Storm in Kansas, January 5, 2002
- Extreme Cold in South Carolina, January 5, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Florida, January 5, 2002
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, January 5 to 6, 2002
- Rip Current in Guam, January 5, 2002
- High Surf in Hawaii, January 5 to 10, 2002
- Winter Storm in Virginia, January 5 to 6, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 5 to 6, 2002
- High Wind in Alaska, January 5 to 6, 2002
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, January 5 to 6, 2002
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Gulf of Mexico, January 5, 2002
- High Wind in Alaska, January 5, 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: 5277876, 5277875.