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Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Juneau, AK
NWS Juneau, AK issued this winter storm warning at Jan 6, 2025, 2:55 PM AKST for Haines Borough, Skagway Municipality, Alaska. It took effect at Jan 6, 2025, 6:00 PM AKST. It was in force for 15 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 6, 2025, 2:55 PM AKST (23:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 6, 2025, 6:00 PM AKST
- Expired
- Jan 7, 2025, 9:00 AM AKST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Juneau, AK
Counties Haines Borough, AK, Skagway Municipality, AK
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Juneau, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Jan 6, 5:27 AM AKST, 9 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 6, 5:27 AM AKST, 9 hours 28 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jan 6, 1:55 PM AKST, 1 hour before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Juneau AK
155 PM AKST Mon Jan 6 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0830 AM Snow 2.5 SE Yakutat 59.54N 139.70W
01/04/2025 M6.4 Inch Yakutat AK Cocorahs
Cocorahs station AK-YK-1 Yakutat 2.5 SE
measured 6.4 inches of snow had fallen by
Saturday morning.
1100 AM Avalanche 1 S White Pass 59.62N 135.16W
01/05/2025 Skagway AK Dept of Highways
Klondike Highway DOT reported an avalanche
occurred at 14.3 mile, closing the road. The
road was reopened at 150pm.
0500 AM Snow 1 E Gustavus 58.41N 135.71W
01/06/2025 M5.8 Inch Hoonah-Angoon AK CO-OP Observer
CO-OP Observer station GUSA2 1.1 E Gustavus.
0700 AM Snow Haines Customs 59.45N 136.35W
01/06/2025 M4.7 Inch Haines AK CO-OP Observer
CO-OP Observer station at Haines Customs
measured 4.7 inches of snow over the
previous 2 days. Snow had ended.
0800 AM Snow Haines 59.24N 135.45W
01/06/2025 M9.7 Inch Haines AK CO-OP Observer
CO-OP Observer station Haines No. 2 measured
2.6 inches of snow Sunday morning, some of
that from snow showers that occurred on
Saturday, and another 7.1 inches by Monday
morning when snow had ended. A glaze of ice
was also noted.
0930 AM Snow 1 NW Haines 59.24N 135.46W
01/06/2025 M9.0 Inch Haines AK Trained Spotter
Trained spotter reported 6 inches of new
snow on Sunday by 1120pm followed by another
3 inches by morning when snow had ended. 1
inch of snow had fallen from separate
showers on Saturday.
&&Special weather statement, Jan 6, 1:57 PM AKST, 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK 157 PM AKST MON JAN 6 2025 AKZ317>327-071700- CITY AND BOROUGH OF YAKUTAT-MUNICIPALITY OF SKAGWAY-HAINES BOROUGH AND KLUKWAN-GLACIER BAY-EASTERN CHICHAGOF ISLAND-CAPE FAIRWEATHER TO LISIANSKI STRAIT-CITY AND BOROUGH OF SITKA- ADMIRALTY ISLAND-CITY AND BOROUGH OF JUNEAU-PETERSBURG BOROUGH- WESTERN KUPREANOF ISLAND AND KUIU ISLAND- 157 PM AKST MON JAN 6 2025 ...ACTIVE WET WEATHER POISED TO RETURN TO NORTHERN PANHANDLE... A STRONG ATMOSPHERIC RIVER IS MOVING FROM THE CENTRAL PACIFIC ACROSS THE GULF AND INTO THE CENTRAL GULF COAST OF ALASKA AND THEN DRIFTING EAST INTO THE PANHANDLE. ANTICIPATED RAIN FALL FROM THIS FRONT SHOULD RANGE BETWEEN 1.5 AND 3.5 INCHES. WARM AIR WITH THE SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO WARM THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE, HOWEVER, NOT EXPECTING TO SEE THE NORTHERN LYNN CANAL AREAS TO SEE THIS WARMING UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW LEVELS FOR THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE UP TO 2500 FEET BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON, THE ARE GUSTAVUS AND JUNEAU AREAS THE FREEZING LEVELS AREA LITTLE HIGHER AROUND 3000. THE RAIN FALLING INTO THE SNOWPACK AND WARMING WITH HIGHER TEMPERATURES WILL START TO INCREASE SNOWMELT. STREAMS WILL INCREASE, BUT THREATS OF PONDING WILL THE ISSUE WITH THE FIRST SYSTEM. THE SECOND FEATURE IS AS STRONG OR STRONGER AND EXPECTED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE HIGHER (4000 TO 5000 FT ) AND ADDITIONAL RAIN ( 1 TO 3 INCHES MORE ) WILL ADD MORE SNOWMELT. STREAMS WILL BE RISING QUICKLY WITH THE FIRST SYSTEM, AND LOCALIZED FLOODING DUE TO DRAINAGE ISSUES ARE POSSIBLE. SIGNIFICANT RIVER RISES ARE MORE LIKELY WITH THIS SECOND EVENT AS THE FIRST EVENT PRIMED THE RIVER AND SOIL CONDITIONS TO POSSIBLE PRODUCE BANKFUL TO FLOODING CONDITIONS. BRIAN.BEZENEK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Juneau, AK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 2:58 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AJK | 12 hr | |
| Jan 6, 3:05 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AJK | 32 hr | |
| Jan 6, 3:55 AM AKST | Gale Warning | AJK | 31 hr | |
| Jan 6, 3:55 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AJK | 31 hr | |
| Jan 6, 3:58 AM AKST | Small Craft Advisory | AJK | 14 hr | |
| Jan 6, 2:56 PM AKST | Gale Warning | AJK | 12 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.