Blizzard, Pribilof Islands
- When
- January 8, 11:00 AM AST to January 9, 4:00 PM AST
- Where
- Pribilof Islands forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Blizzard in Alaska, January 8 to 9, 2002
Winds picked up above 35 mph around 11 am Tuesday. Visibilities near or below 1/4 mile occurred from 11 am Tuesday until 4 pm Wednesday in snow and blowing snow.
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.
Winds picked up above 35 mph around 11 am Tuesday. Visibilities near or below 1/4 mile occurred from 11 am Tuesday until 4 pm Wednesday in snow and blowing snow. Visibilities improved after 4 pm Wednesday, briefly reaching 1/4 mile again between 9 and 10 pm. Winds ranged from 35 to 44 mph from 11 am Tuesday through 1 am Thursday. Peak winds reached 49 mph from the north between 9 and 10 am Wednesday.
Event by event
1 blizzard. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Blizzard
- Sustained winds or frequent gusts of 35 mph or more with falling or blowing snow that cuts visibility below a quarter mile for three hours or longer.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- High Wind in Montana, January 8, 2002
- High Wind in Montana, January 8, 2002
- High Wind in Montana, January 8, 2002
- High Wind in Wyoming, January 8, 2002
- High Wind in Alaska, January 8 to 9, 2002
- High Wind in Montana, January 8, 2002
- High Wind in Montana, January 8, 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: 5277122.