Heavy Snow — Tanana Valley, Alaska

2000-09-27 to 2000-09-28 · Tanana Valley, Alaska

Wider weather episode

A low pressure center in the eastern Gulf of Alaska deepened on the 26th through 27th, causing moisture from the low to overrun the cool airmass over the Tanana Valley, producing snow over the Alaska Range and eastern Tanana Valley. On the morning of the 28th, some warm air aloft moved over the far eastern Tanana Valley, producing light freezing rain at Northway from 6am-8am AST. Snowfall totals:Healy: 6 inchesDry Creek Co-op: 10 inchesRobertson River Co-op: 18 inchesTanacross Co-op: 10 inchesTok co-op: 10 inches

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5171528. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.