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Blizzard in Southern Seward Peninsula-eastern Norton Sound, Alaska
Blizzard December 4, 1997 – December 5, 1997 · Southern Seward Peninsula-eastern Norton Sound, Alaska
The wider storm
A strong storm moved northeast over the Bering Sea bringing Blizzard conditions and High Winds to parts of Alaska's West Coast. Blizzard: Zone 1: Point Lay only; Zone 10: Saint Marys, Emmonak; Zone 6: Nome, Unalakleet. Conditions may also have occurred at: Zone 3: Shishmaref, Zone 9: Gambell. High Wind: Zone 3: Kotzebue 37 kt sustained, gust 43 kt; Zone 6: Unalakleet 41 kt sustained, gust 49 kt; Zone 9 Gambell: 37 kt sustained, gust 46 kt. Additionally the associated weather front moving north over mainland Alaska also caused strong winds in the Alaska Range: Zone 7: Big Delta: 42 kt sustained, gust 57 kt.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5620275. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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