Ice Storm, Middle Tanana Valley
- When
- October 18, 11:58 PM AKST to October 19, 12:00 PM AKST
- Where
- Middle Tanana Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS Employee
Ice Storm in Alaska, October 18 to 19, 2015
Weak low pressure and associated warm front moved over the Middle Tanana Valley on October 19th. Rain or freezing rain fell across most locations of the Middle Tanana Valley during the morning hours of the 19th of October.
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 AFG wrote it up.
Weak low pressure and associated warm front moved over the Middle Tanana Valley on October 19th. Rain or freezing rain fell across most locations of the Middle Tanana Valley during the morning hours of the 19th of October.
Zone 222: Fairbanks received about 0.10 of an inch of freezing rain, based on the ASOS and Co-operative Observer reports.
Event by event
1 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Nevada, October 18, 2015
- Flash Flood in California, October 18, 2015
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arizona, October 18, 2015
- Frost and Freeze in Kentucky, October 18, 2015
- Frost and Freeze in Illinois, October 18, 2015
- Frost and Freeze in Virginia, October 18 to 19, 2015
- Frost and Freeze in Virginia, October 18, 2015
- Frost and Freeze in Missouri, October 18, 2015
- Frost and Freeze in West Virginia, October 18, 2015
- Frost and Freeze in Maryland, October 18, 2015
- Frost and Freeze in Indiana, October 18, 2015
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in North Atlantic Coastal Waters, October 18, 2015
More
Every storm in Alaska in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, October 2015
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: 603758.