Blizzard, St Lawrence Is. Bering Strait
- When
- March 13, 7:55 PM AST to 8:35 PM AST
- Where
- St Lawrence Is. Bering Strait forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Blizzard in Alaska, March 13, 2002
Blizzard conditions occurred briefly across part of St. Lawrence Island during frontal passage.
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.
Blizzard conditions occurred briefly across part of St. Lawrence Island during frontal passage. As an occluded front associated with a 977mb low moved across the island from the south, snow and strong winds developed creating blowing snow that reduced visibility to less than 1/4 of a mile at Gambell.
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
- Dust Storm in California, March 13, 2002
- Dust Storm and High Wind in California, March 13, 2002
- High Wind in Utah, March 13, 2002
- High Wind in Arizona, March 13, 2002
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, March 13 to 14, 2002
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 13 to 14, 2002
- Winter Storm in Utah, March 13 to 14, 2002
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, March 13 to 14, 2002
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, March 13 to 14, 2002
- High Wind in California, March 13, 2002
- High Wind in California, March 13, 2002
- High Wind in California, March 13, 2002
More
Every storm in Alaska in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, March 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: 5285020.