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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
1121 PM AKDT WED MAR 13 2024
..HEAVY SNOW FOR HAINES AND KLONDIKE HIGHWAYS
.A BAND OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION IS IMPACTING THE PANHANDLE
INTO THURSDAY. IN THE FAR NORTHERN PANHANDLE PRECIPITATION HAS
CHANGED TO SNOW EVEN DOWN TO SEA LEVEL WED NIGHT WITH
ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 5 INCHES REPORTED SO FAR. TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED TO WARM AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS EARLY THURSDAY MORNING
CHANGING THE SNOW TO RAIN. THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
REMAIN COLD ENOUGH TO ALLOW FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOW
ALONG THE HIGHWAYS ESPECIALLY CLOSE TO THE BORDER WITH CANADA
THROUGH THURSDAY.
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MUNICIPALITY OF SKAGWAY-HAINES BOROUGH AND KLUKWAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SKAGWAY, WHITE PASS, AND HAINES
1121 PM AKDT WED MAR 13 2024
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM AKDT
THURSDAY...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO
8 INCHES. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 55 MPH NEAR SKAGWAY.
* WHERE...HAINES, SKAGWAY, HAINES HIGHWAY, AND KLONDIKE HIGHWAY.
* WHEN...FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM AKDT THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT. STRONG WINDS COULD
CAUSE TREE DAMAGE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...LOWER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY IN HAINES
AND SKAGWAY BEFORE A TRANSITION TO PREDOMINANTLY RAIN EARLY
THURSDAY, WITH SNOW LEVELS REACHING UP TO 2500FT BY THURSDAY
MORNING. HIGHEST SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED FOR HAINES CLOSER
TO BORDER CUSTOMS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD, AND WATER
WITH YOU IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
PEOPLE ARE URGED TO PREPARE THEIR PROPERTY BEFORE THE ONSET OF
WINTER WEATHER.
FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS, WHERE AVAILABLE, CALL 5 1 1 OR
VISIT 511.ALASKA.GOV.
FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT
HTTPS://WEATHER.GOV/JUNEAU
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