Blizzard — Lower Kobuk Valley-northern Seward Peninsula, Alaska

1999-01-13 to 1999-01-14 · Lower Kobuk Valley-northern Seward Peninsula, Alaska

Wider weather episode

A cold front over the Chukchi Sea moved southeast and stalled over the West Coast of Alaska while low pressure over outer Bristol Bay moved to Southwest Alaska then weakened and moved north to Kotzebue Sound before dissipating. Blizzard conditions reported at Gambell on Saint Lawrence Island and Tin City on the Bering Strait Coast (Zone 9) and Deering on the Northern Seward Peninsula (Zone 3).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5681942. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.