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

Winter Storm January 1, 2012 · Eastern Baranof Island and Southern Admiralty Island, Alaska

What the National Weather Service wrote

There are no known sources to verify or invalidate this event. Surrounding communities got plenty of snow.

The wider storm

A storm covering the entire Gulf of Alaska on 1.1 caused heavy snow, storm force winds and rain into 1.2. Snow amounts varied from 6 inches to a foot for most northern sections and wind gusts up to 60 MPH were observed. Haines customs near the Canadian border measured 42.0 inches of new snow on the morning of 1.2.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 356101. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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