Winter Storm Watch issued October 18 at 2:59PM AKDT until October 21 at 4:00PM AKDT by NWS Fairbanks AK
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* WHAT...Heavy snow possible. Total snow accumulations of 6 to 12 inches possible with higher amounts above pass level. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. * WHERE...Denali Borough. * WHEN...From Monday afternoon through Wednesday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...North and west of Healy, the chance for heavy snow drops off quickly due to a narrow gradient of snow. There is potential for greater than 6 inches in Healy but only a few inches in Anderson. We are monitoring this closely and will continue to update as details become clearer. Monitor the latest forecasts for updates on this situation.
- Event time
- Source last updated
- Current version retrieved
- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- AK, US
- Severity
- Severe
- area
- Northern Denali Borough; Southern Denali Borough
- event
- Winter Storm Watch
- onset
- 2026-10-19T16:00:00-08:00
- states
- ["AK"]
- urgency
- Future
- certainty
- Possible
- effective
- 2026-10-18T14:59:00-08:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5bcf99b73db5941c7d57ec150e113a34c2c891ff.004.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.015e276ec830f7f557225b895ba7b32f9602aab7.001.1"]
- instruction
- Monitor the latest forecasts for updates on this situation.
- message type
- Update
- location basis
- Approximate: centers of the NWS zones listed in the alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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