Heavy Snow in Alaska, September 15 to 18, 2019

Name: Heavy Snow in Alaska, September 15 to 18, 2019
Start: 2019-09-15T04:00
End: 2019-09-18T18:00
Location: Alaska

September 15 to 18, 2019 · NWS AFG · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A low pressure system dropping south from the high Arctic and into northeast Alaska resulted in significant snowfall along the northeast Brooks Range.

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.

A low pressure system dropping south from the high Arctic and into northeast Alaska resulted in significant snowfall along the northeast Brooks Range.

Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, N. Brooks Rng E of Colville R

When: September 15, 4:00 AM AKST to September 18, 6:00 PM AKST
Where: N. Brooks Rng E of Colville R forecast zone
Reported by: SNOTEL

Upslope snowfall occurred across the northeast Brooks Range above 2000 ft. The NRCS SNOTEL at Atigun Pass reported an estimated 6 inches of new snow, but it is likely totals of 8 inches or more fell at higher elevations east of the Dalton Highway. The AK DOT also reported difficult driving conditions due to snow from Milepost 235 to 285 on the Dalton Highway.

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

Every storm in Alaska in 2019 Every state in 2019 This day in weather history Warnings in Alaska, September 2019

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: 848528.