Alaska, 2024Heavy Snow in Alaska, November 18 to 19, 2024
November 18 to 19, 2024 · NWS AJK · 1 event in 1 county or zone
Low pressure moving southeast across the area with cold air on the back side of it caused training snow showers with localized quick accumulations on eastern Prince of Wales Island November 18th. The nearby Ketchikan area saw periods of snow showers with advisory rates.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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Low pressure moving southeast across the area with cold air on the back side of it caused training snow showers with localized quick accumulations on eastern Prince of Wales Island November 18th. The nearby Ketchikan area saw periods of snow showers with advisory rates.
Heavy Snow, Prince of Wales Island
- When
- November 18, 3:00 PM AKST to November 19, 6:00 AM AKST
- Where
- Prince of Wales Island forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 55.597, -132.803 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Public report of heavy snowfall rates falling over eastern Prince of Wales Island Monday evening. They estimated 2 inches on the ground around 5pm and measured 8 inches by 9pm in Thorne Bay. The COOP observer measured a total of 12 inches at Thorne Bay the following morning.
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
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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: 1217117.