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

Winter Storm November 14, 2011 – November 15, 2011 · Eastern Baranof Island and Southern Admiralty Island, Alaska

What the National Weather Service wrote

There are no snow measurements to verify this event. Surrounding communities received plenty of new snowfall.

The wider storm

A moderate strength low become nearly stationary over the Eastern Gulf on the afternoon of 11.13. The arctic front linked up into this system also becoming stationary through Lynn Canal. Although this system weakened through 11.15, moisture and warm air aloft kept moving over the northern and central Panhandle to cause heavy snowfall. This pattern persisted until the afternoon of the 15th when the front linked to a new storm in the western Gulf which moved into the central Gulf bringing gale force winds and blizzard conditions near Haines. This series of storms finally ended on evening of 11.16.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 352796. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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