Winter Storm — Eastern Chichagof Island, Alaska

2012-01-24 to 2012-01-25 · Eastern Chichagof Island, Alaska

Event narrative

Hoonah got 6 to 7 inches of new snow on the afternoon of 1.24 and by the morning of 1.25 had an overnight dump of 11.6 inches for a storm total of around 18 inches.

Wider weather episode

With one strong low center parked in the western Gulf, another system developed SW of Dixon Entrance and made landfall near cape Spencer on the morning of 1.25 and merged with the original storm center. This system brought some strong wind to the outer coast and heavy snow to a few areas of the Panhandle through the 27th.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 365093. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.