Avalanche in Alaska, March 28, 2002

Name: Avalanche in Alaska, March 28, 2002
Start: 2002-03-28T17:15
End: 2002-03-28T17:15
Location: Alaska

March 28, 2002 · NWS AFC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 avalanche, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 1
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.

Event by event

1 avalanche. Local standard time, as filed.

Avalanche, Anchorage Muni to Bird Creek

When: March 28, 5:15 PM AST
Where: Anchorage Muni to Bird Creek forecast zone
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

2 dogs and 1 person were buried in an avalanche just west of Harp Mountain. The buried skier was extricated by his partner, 20 minutes after his partner created a breathing hole in the snow for the trapped skier. The dogs weren't as fortunate.

What these are

Avalanche: A mass of snow sliding down a mountainside that caused a death, an injury or damage.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Alaska in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5283035.