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Blizzard in Lower Kobuk Valley-northern Seward Peninsula, Alaska

Blizzard January 13, 1999 – January 14, 1999 · Lower Kobuk Valley-northern Seward Peninsula, Alaska

The wider storm

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 5681942. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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