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Winter Storm in Inner Channels From Kupreanof Island To Etolin Island, Alaska

Winter Storm February 19, 2011 – February 20, 2011 · Inner Channels From Kupreanof Island To Etolin Island, Alaska

What the National Weather Service wrote

Wrangell had 0.25 SM visibility at times and gusts to 25 KT were common on 2/19 and 2/20. Petersburg had higher visibility and less wind. New snow amounts ranged from 6 to 8 inches.

The wider storm

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 281585. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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