Blizzard — Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska

2012-02-01 to 2012-02-02 · Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska

Wider weather episode

A large intense north Pacific storm moved across Kodiak Island into the lower Cook Inlet and south central region of Alaska the afternoon of February 1st. This storm produced high wind and blizzard conditions from the Alaska Peninsula to the Kuskokwim Delta east across the Kenai Peninsula into Prince William Sound. The sudden change in the weather pattern brought on extreme avalanche danger to the Kenai Mountains and Chugach Mountains. One Avalanche closed the Seward Highway at the junction of the Sterling Highway February 2nd. One man died after he went out into the blizzard on a snow machine near Toksook Bay in the Kuskokwim Delta.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 355788. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.