Heavy Snow, Inner Channels From Kupreanof Island to Etolin Island
- When
- January 30, 11:00 AM AST to 3:00 PM AST
- Where
- Inner Channels From Kupreanof Island to Etolin Island forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 30, 2006
Heavy snowfall occurred in Petersburg. Weather spotters reported total accumulations between 6-9 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.
Heavy snowfall occurred in Petersburg. Weather spotters reported total accumulations between 6-9 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
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- Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 30 to 31, 2006
- Winter Weather in Colorado, January 30 to 31, 2006
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 30, 2006
- Hail in Mississippi, January 30, 2006
- High Wind in Montana, January 30, 2006
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in South Atlantic Coastal Waters, January 30, 2006
- Blizzard in Alaska, January 30, 2006
- Storm Surge in Maine, January 30, 2006
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, January 30, 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: 5487094.