Heavy Snow, Inner Channels From Kupreanof Island to Etolin Island
- When
- January 17, 2:00 PM AST to 5:00 PM AST
- Where
- Inner Channels From Kupreanof Island to Etolin Island forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 17, 2006
Overrunning heavy snowfall developed in the Petersburg area as a 980 MB Low tracked inland across the Dixon Entrance. Petersburg measured 9 inches of snow, Wrangell had 3 inches.
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 happened
The episode as NWS AJK wrote it up.
Overrunning heavy snowfall developed in the Petersburg area as a 980 MB Low tracked inland across the Dixon Entrance. Petersburg measured 9 inches of snow, Wrangell had 3 inches.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Strong Wind in Texas, January 17, 2006
- Winter Weather in Kentucky, January 17, 2006
- Flood in Washington, January 17 to 19, 2006
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, January 17, 2006
- Strong Wind in Georgia, January 17, 2006
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 17 to 18, 2006
- Flooding in Oregon, January 17 to 21, 2006
- Heavy Snow in Utah, January 17 to 19, 2006
- Winter Storm in Colorado, January 17 to 20, 2006
- Winter Weather in Indiana, January 17, 2006
- Winter Weather in Indiana, January 17 to 18, 2006
- High Surf in Puerto Rico, January 17, 2006
More
Every storm in Alaska in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, January 2006
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: 5486968.