Alaska, 2024

Heavy Snow in Alaska, September 20 to 21, 2024

September 20 to 21, 2024 · NWS AFG · 1 event in 1 county or zone

An Arctic trough moving across the Brooks Range brought heavy accumulating snowfall to the Brooks Range.

Where it happened

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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.

An Arctic trough moving across the Brooks Range brought heavy accumulating snowfall to the Brooks Range.

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Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Central Brooks Range

When
September 20, 10:00 PM AKST to September 21, 10:00 PM AKST
Where
Central Brooks Range forecast zone
Reported by
SNOTEL
Coordinates
69.251, -152.001 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The Atigun (ATGA2) SNOTEL reported a storm total snow accumulation of 12 inches, with 8 inches of that falling in 24 hours.

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.

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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: 1210837.