Winter Storm Warning
AKZ145-111400-
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/X.NEW.PAFC.WS.W.0005.091111T1200Z-091112T0300Z/
SUSITNA VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TALKEETNA...WILLOW...CANTWELL
332 PM AKST TUE NOV 10 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6
PM AKST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6
PM AKST WEDNESDAY.
A LARGE STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO WESTERN ALASKA WILL BRING
ABUNDANT MOISTURE TO THE SUSITNA VALLEY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
THIS MOISTURE OVERRUNNING COLDER AIR NEAR THE SURFACE WILL BRING HEAVY
SNOW TO THE SUSITNA VALLEY STARTING WEDNESDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
THE FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION THURSDAY EVENING...
BRINGING DRIER AIR AND GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS ALONG THE ALASKA
RANGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.
