WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 504 AM AST TUE DEC 01 2009
Expiration: 500 PM AST TUE DEC 01 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM
AKST THIS EVENING MAINLY WEST OF THE PARKS HIGHWAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM
AKST THIS EVENING MAINLY WEST OF THE PARKS HIGHWAY.
A STRONG WEATHER FRONT IS BRINGING SNOW TO THE SUSITNA
VALLEY...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING WEST OF THE PARKS HIGHWAY.
AS OF 5 AM AKST THIS MORNING...AS MUCH AS 14 INCHES OF SNOW HAS
FALLEN IN THE WESTERN SUSITNA VALLEY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL
TODAY INTO THIS EVENING OVER MOST OF THE SUSITNA VALLEY.
HOWEVER...THE HEAVIEST ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TO BE WEST
OF THE PARKS HIGHWAY. BY LATE THIS EVENING...STORM TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 2 TO 3 FEET WEST OF THE PARKS
HIGHWAY WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE ALASKA
RANGE. THE LIGHTEST AMOUNTS WILL BE SOUTH OF TALKEETNA ALONG THE
PARKS HIGHWAY WHERE RAIN WILL MIX IN AT TIMES. SNOW WILL SLOWLY
TAPER OFF FROM SOUTH TO NORTH TONIGHT.
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.
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