Heavy Snow — Taiya Inlet and Klondike Highway, Alaska

1996-10-12 to 1996-10-14 · Taiya Inlet and Klondike Highway, Alaska

Wider weather episode

The arctic front extended from the southern Copper River Basin into the extreme eastern Kenai Peninsula. A 984mb low just west of Middleton Island drifted counterclockwise through Prince William Sound, producing a Winter Storm across almost the entire Cook Inlet/Susitna Valley area. Snow was combined with freezing rain from the Palmer/Wasilla area southward. Snow totals of over 17 inches were recorded at the Anchorage International airport. Most areas affected by the storm received in excess of 8 inches of new snow. There were over 200 pwer outages, knocking out the public radio station KDLL in Kenai for nearly 24 hours. 90 "fenderbenders" were reported around Anchorage.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5563548. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.