Alaska Region Headquarters HEAVY SNOW WARNING

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AKZ218-219-222300-
SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE-UPPER KOYUKUK VALLEY-
INCLUDING...ARCTIC VILLAGE...WISEMAN...COLDFOOT...CHANDALAR
D.O.T. CAMP...INIAKUK LAKE...ALLAKAKET...HUGHES...BETTLES...CARIBOU
MOUNTAIN...GOBBLERS KNOB
800 AM ADT WED SEP 22 2004

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE SOUTH SLOPES OF THE
BROOKS RANGE FROM THE DALTON HIGHWAY WEST AND FOR THE KOYUKUK VALLEY
NORTH OF BETTLES...

THE FIRST REAL TOUCH OF WINTER IS COMING TO THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR
TODAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM HAS BROUGHT OVER ONE HALF OF AN INCH OF
RAIN TO MUCH OF THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR. TO THE NORTH...WHERE IT IS
COLDER...THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE SNOW...AND IT WILL LIKELY BE
HEAVY. SNOWFALL WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD OVER THE NORTHERN INTERIOR
OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND IS LIKELY TO SPREAD OVER THE MIDDLE
TANANA VALLEY BY THURSDAY MORNING.

THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO GET SNOW TIRES ON VEHICLES.

A WARNING MEANS A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY IS OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT.

ALL TRAVEL SHOULD BE DONE WITH EXTREME CAUTION. TRAVEL IS BECOMING
HAZARDOUS. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY CAUSE DAMAGE TO PROPERTY
IF SNOW IS NOT PERIODICALLY REMOVED.