Heavy Snow, Cape Fairweather to Cape Suckling-Coastal Area
- When
- November 28, 6:00 AM AST to 2:00 PM AST
- Where
- Cape Fairweather to Cape Suckling-Coastal Area forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Heavy Snow in Alaska, November 28, 2003
A winter storm left heavy snow across much of the Northern Panhandle. Total storm snowfall amounts included: Haines 12 to 14 inches, Elfin Cove 12 inches, Pelican and Glacier Bay NP headquarters 7 inches, 17 mile Out the Road in Juneau 7 inches, Hoonah 6 inches, Yakutat 6 inches, and 3 to 6 inches in Juneau.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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 happened
The episode as NWS AJK wrote it up.
A winter storm left heavy snow across much of the Northern Panhandle. Total storm snowfall amounts included: Haines 12 to 14 inches, Elfin Cove 12 inches, Pelican and Glacier Bay NP headquarters 7 inches, 17 mile Out the Road in Juneau 7 inches, Hoonah 6 inches, Yakutat 6 inches, and 3 to 6 inches in Juneau.
Event by event
5 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Glacier Bay
- When
- November 28, 10:00 AM AST to 5:00 PM AST
- Where
- Glacier Bay forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow, Juneau Borough-Eastern Chichagof-Admiralty Island
- When
- November 28, 10:00 AM AST to 5:00 PM AST
- Where
- Juneau Borough-Eastern Chichagof-Admiralty Island forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow, Cape Decision to Cape Fairweather-Coastal Area
- When
- November 28, 10:00 AM AST to 5:00 PM AST
- Where
- Cape Decision to Cape Fairweather-Coastal Area forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow, Northern Lynn Canal
- When
- November 28, 3:00 PM AST to 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Northern Lynn Canal forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
What these are
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Washington, November 28, 2003
- Tornado in Florida, November 28, 2003
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, November 28 to 29, 2003
- High Surf in Hawaii, November 28 to 30, 2003
- High Wind in Montana, November 28, 2003
- Winter Weather in Indiana, November 28, 2003
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in North Atlantic Coastal Waters, November 28, 2003
- Flooding in Washington, November 28 to 29, 2003
- High Wind in Oregon, November 28, 2003
- High Wind in Wyoming, November 28 to 29, 2003
- Winter Storm in Montana, November 28 to 29, 2003
- Winter Weather in Illinois, November 28, 2003
More
Every storm in Alaska in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, November 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5336286, 5336288, 5336289, 5336290, 5336287.