Alaska, 2003Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 25 to 26, 2003
February 25 to 26, 2003 · NWS AFC · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.
- 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 forecasters said that day
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 Feb 25, 12:00 PM AST, 6 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 12:00 PM AST, 6 hours before
SOUTH/SOUTHWEST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
1200 PM AST TUE FEB 25 2003
ANALYSIS AND FORECASTS...
SYSTEMS APPEAR TO BE BEHAVING AS EXPECTED.
ARCTIC FRONT EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEAR NORTHERN ALASKA RANGE IN
WESTWARD ARC TO NEAR THE YUKON-KUSKOKWIM DELTA.
TROUGH ALOFT FROM SOUTHWEST ALASKA EAST AND SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE
EASTERN GULF OF ALASKA...AND ASSOCIATED WEAK SURFACE
SYSTEMS...EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTH AND MORE RAPIDLY
EAST...THROUGH MOST OF THE AREA TONIGHT.
NEXT SYSTEM...WITH SURFACE CENTER AROUND 969 MBS...MOVING TO
PRIBILOFS 9 AM WEDNESDAY THEN OFF YUKON DELTA THURSDAY MORNING.
FRONT ELONGATING EAST AND NORTHEAST...TO EXTEND IN WEAKENED FORM
FROM LOW INTO TANANA-YUKON UPLANDS THEN SOUTHEAST THROUGH CAPE
YAKATAGA AND OFFSHORE SOUTHEAST ALASKA THURSDAY MORNING.
SECONDARY COLD TROUGH TO EXTEND FROM THE LOW INTO COOK INLET SAME
TIME.
FRONT INITIALLY PRECEDED BY GALES...HOWEVER STRENGTH OF WIND WILL
DECREASE AS FRONT MOVES FURTHER AWAY FROM THE PARENT LOW. MOST
SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION WITH FRONT BASICALLY ALONG AND WITHIN
ABOUT 200 MILES IN ADVANCE.
STORM AROUND SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH QUADRANTS OF PARENT LOW WITHIN
200 MILES SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH QUARDRANT OF LOW...WITH GALES AN
ADDITIONAL 150 MILES AND 350 MILES SOUTHWEST AND WEST
QUADRANT...ALSO EXPECTED TO BEGIN SLOWLY DIMINISHING WEDNESDAY AS
LOW BEGINS TO WEAKEN AND MOVE NORTH NORTHEAST THROUGH THE BERING
SEA.
NEXT MAJOR SYSTEM EXPECTED TO TRACK FURTHER EAST BEFORE TURNING
NORTH...WITH MODERATE FRONT TO LIE FROM EXTREME EASTERN ALEUTIANS
INTO WESTERN ALASKA PENINSULA THEN SOUTHEAST ARC 9 PM THURSDAY
WITH FRONT ELONGATING NORTH INTO THE SOUTHWEST MAINLAND AND EAST
THROUGH THE GULF THEREAFTER.
MAJOR SYSTEM AFTER ABOVE...WILL LIKELY TRACK FURTHEST WEST OF ALL
THESE...WITH CENTER MOVING WEST CENTRAL ALEUTIANS SATURDAY.
.AFC...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...NO WARNINGS/WATCHES AT THE MOMENT.
MARINE...STORM SRN 12A..12B.
GALE 3ABC..5AB..6AB..8..NRN 12A..12A1..13..15.
D FEB 03
Heavy Snow, Susitna Valley
- When
- February 25, 6:00 PM AST to February 26, 12:00 PM AST
- Where
- Susitna Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
A weakening occluded front, moving northeast through South-central Alaska early Wednesday, brought locally moderate amounts of snow to the northern Susitna Valley area. A report along Petersville Road confirmed a 6 hour snowfall of between 6 and 8 inches. Heavy snow was reported continuously around Chulitna for most of the day. Local snowfall totals of 12 or more inches were estimated across the northern Susitna Valley Wednesday.
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Ice Storm in Mississippi, February 25, 2003$130,000 · 2 events
- Ice Storm in Arkansas, February 25, 2003$100,000 · 2 events
- Heavy Snow in Tennessee, February 25, 2003$17,000 · 17 events
- Winter Weather in Kentucky, February 25, 200315 events
- Heavy Snow in Arkansas, February 25, 2003$7,000 · 7 events
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 25 to 26, 20033 events
- Heavy Snow in Missouri, February 25, 2003$2,000 · 2 events
- Winter Weather in Colorado, February 25, 20032 events
- Waterspouts in Eastern Pacific Coastal Waters, February 25, 20032 events
- Heavy Snow in Utah, February 25 to 28, 20031 event
- Winter Weather in Colorado, February 25 to 26, 20031 event
- Flood in Kentucky, February 25, 20031 event
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: 5339854.