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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
402 PM AKST MON DEC 31 2012

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TAIYA INLET AND KLONDIKE HIGHWAY-HAINES BOROUGH AND LYNN CANAL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SKAGWAY...HAINES
402 PM AKST MON DEC 31 2012

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR THE HAINES AND KLONDIKE HIGHWAYS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JUNEAU HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR HAINES AND KLONDIKE HIGHWAYS. 

* TIMING...SNOW WILL LIKELY DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON...AND BECOME
  HEAVIER BY THE EVENING. SNOWFALL RATE OF 1 INCH PER HOUR OR
  GREATER IS POSSIBLE DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. SNOW IS
  EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BY THE MORNING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY ALONG
  HAINES HIGHWAY...AND BY THE AFTERNOON HOURS ALONG KLONDIKE
  HIGHWAY

* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION...7 TO 11 INCHES IS LIKELY WITH
  THIS STORM...HIGHEST NEAR WHITE PASS AND CHILKAT PASS.

* VISIBILITY...LESS THAN 1 MILE IN PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
WINTER STORM CONDITIONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.

PREPARATION FOR THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER EVENT SHOULD
BEGIN NOW.

HEAVY WET SNOW WILL BE DIFFICULT TO MANAGE DUE TO HIGH WATER
CONTENT.

DRIVING COULD BE DIFFICULT.

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED BY 11 PM AKST MON OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

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