Winter Storm Watch issued October 18 at 6:06AM AKDT until October 21 at 4:00PM AKDT by NWS Fairbanks AK
Official severe-weather alerts, warning areas, and disaster updates.
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* WHAT...Heavy snow possible. Total snow accumulations between 5 and 10 inches possible. Wind could gust as high as 35 mph across higher elevations. * WHERE...Upper Chena River Valley, White Mountains, and Eagle Summit. * WHEN...From Tuesday morning through Wednesday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Travel could be difficult. Gusty winds could lead to areas of blowing snow which could reduce visibility below one half mile at times. 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
- White Mountains and High Terrain South of the Yukon River; Upper Chena River Valley
- event
- Winter Storm Watch
- onset
- 2026-10-20T10:00:00-08:00
- states
- ["AK"]
- urgency
- Future
- certainty
- Possible
- effective
- 2026-10-18T06:06:00-08:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.015e276ec830f7f557225b895ba7b32f9602aab7.005.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.3797dbb430cd0501d74e5b294510bff1434e2340.002.1"]
- 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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