1 ice storm, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Anchorage, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 13, 9:00 PM AST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
SOUTH/SOUTHWEST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION 900 PM AST WED NOV 13 2002 DISCUSSION...LOW COMPLEX CONTINUES OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA. MOISTURE WITH THIS SYSTEM EVIDENT BY MODERATE RETURNS OVER THE NORTHERN GULF AND EASTERN KENAI PEN. STATION OBS AROUND THE AREA ARE SHOWING MAINLY RAIN...WITH A FEW SPOTS REPORTING RAIN SNOW. MOISTURE MOVING OVER SHALLOW ARCTIC FRONTAL BOUNDARY TONIGHT WILL PROBABLY PRODUCE A MIXTURE OFF SNOW/RAIN WITH LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OVER NORTHERN INLET TO SOUTHERN SUSITNA VALLEY... AND MATANUSKA VALLEY TONIGHT AND THU. AVN/ETA/UKMET MODELS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT ON NEXT DEVELOPING LOW TO ENTER THE BERING SEA THRU THU AFTERNOON. MAJOR DIVERGENCE OCCURS AFTER THAT(3 DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS). WILL HAVE TO DO FURTHER EVALUATION BEFORE MAKING A FINAL DECISION FOR COORDINATION GRAPHIC. .AFC...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY PUBLIC...NONE. MARINE...GALES 5B,6A,6B,12B, AND 13. RMC NOV 02
1 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Occasional rain around the Anchorage bowl fell while temperatures near sea level were just under 32. Anchorage police reported 4 accidents due to slick roads between 11 pm AST Wednesday and 9 am AST Thursday.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alaska in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, November 2002
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