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Blizzard in Taiya Inlet and Klondike Highway, Alaska

Blizzard January 25, 2020 – January 26, 2020 · Taiya Inlet and Klondike Highway, Alaska

What the National Weather Service wrote

Skagway ASOS had numerous gusts over 35mph and visibility occasionally down to one quarter mile. Skagway DOT closed the Klondike Highway at 548pm on the 25th due to blizzard conditions and risk of avalanches. A tanker crash on the highway kept the road closed for an extended period of time for hazmat clean up.

The wider storm

A front associated with a low tracking up from the north Pacific caused very heavy snowfall rates over the northern panhandle. This was the continuation of multiple days worth of snow from separate events.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 871945. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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