Ice Storm in Alaska, January 25, 2003

Name: Ice Storm in Alaska, January 25, 2003
Start: 2003-01-25T22:30
End: 2003-01-25T23:59
Location: Alaska

January 25, 2003 · 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.

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 Jan 25, 9:00 PM AST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 25, 9:00 PM AST, 1 hour 30 minutes before

SOUTH/SOUTHWEST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
900 PM AST SAT JAN 25 2003

ANALYSIS...AVN AND UKMET LOOKING GOOD ON CHARLOTTES LOW THIS
EVENING..HEADED INTO THE LOW TO MID 960S ABOUT 12Z WILL BE NEAR
CAPE DECISION 18Z FILLING QUICKLY INLAND THEREAFTER.

WAVE MOVING ALONG CENTRAL GULF COAST FAIRLY POTENT. RAIN MOST OF
PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND SPILLING OVER INTO COLD AIR ALONG KENAI PEN
WITH FREEZING RAIN OVER PORTIONS OF TURNAGAIN ARM. PRECIP
DIMINISHING TOWARD MORNING EVEN AT KODIAK.

OLD LOW SOUTHEAST OF SAND POINT CONTINUING TO FILL SLOWLY.

BREAKOFF TRIPLE POINT LOW NEAR 45N 165W 00Z MON MOVES INTO MID
970S 200 SOUTHEAST SITKINAK 00Z TUE FOR EAST TO NORTHEAST GALE TO
STORM WIND AHEAD OF FRONT OVER GULF MON EVENING.

AVN PREFERRED.

.AFC...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...NONE.
MARINE...GALE 3A.

Event by event

1 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Ice Storm, Wrn P.W. Snd & Kenai Mtns

When: January 25, 10:30 PM AST to 11:59 PM AST
Where: Wrn P.W. Snd & Kenai Mtns forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Freezing rain, locally accumulating around a quarter of an inch, was reported around eastern Turnagain Arm. Rain, associated with a frontal system moving in from the east, combined with still undisturbed cold air at ground level to produce ideal conditions for ice.

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 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings in Alaska, January 2003

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: 5339019.