Ice Storm in Alaska, October 18, 2002

Name: Ice Storm in Alaska, October 18, 2002
Start: 2002-10-18T01:10
End: 2002-10-18T10:00
Location: Alaska

October 18, 2002 · NWS AFC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 ice storm, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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.

Event by event

1 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Ice Storm, Kuskokwim Delta

When: October 18, 1:10 AM AST to 10:00 AM AST
Where: Kuskokwim Delta forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Overrunning of the arctic front...stalled south of Bethel...produced spotty areas of freezing rain in parts of Southwest Alaska. Bethel reported a thin coating of glaze ice and extremely slick roads around the area.

What these are

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

Every storm in Alaska in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Alaska, October 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5319842.