Winter Storm — Eastern Baranof Island and Southern Admiralty Island, Alaska

2011-02-19 to 2011-02-20 · Eastern Baranof Island and Southern Admiralty Island, Alaska

Event narrative

Angoon had wet snow through the morning of 2/19, but higher elevations had significant snowfall. Hidden Falls on the back side of Baranof Island measured 4 inches new snow on the afternoon of 2/19 and another inch on 2/20. No other observations were available.

Wider weather episode

All of SE Alaska was in cold air with the arctic front offshore on 2/18. A moderate gale center moved into the western Gulf of Alaska, which was just enough to cause the front to move over the Panhandle for heavy snow on the night of the 18th into the afternoon of the 20th.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 281581. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.