Urgent – Winter Weather Message

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK,  515 AM AKST WED JAN 30 2013

WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…KENAI…SOLDOTNA…HOMER...COOPER LANDING

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN NOW IN

EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT…

* LOCATION…THE WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA…INCLUDING KENAI…

SOLDOTNA AND HOMER.

* ICE ACCUMULATION…UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH.

* SNOW…4 TO 9 INCHES ALONG THE INLET…2 TO 4 INCHES ELSEWHERE.

* TIMING…SNOW WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY

LATE THIS MORNING ACROSS INTERIOR PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN KENAI

PENINSULA AS WELL AS IN THE KACHEMAK BAY AREA. PRECIPITATION

WILL THEN CHANGE TO ALL RAIN ALONG AND NEAR KACHEMAK BAY IN THE

AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION IN THESE AREAS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT.

MEANWHILE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECT TO REMAIN ALL SNOW ALONG AND

NEAR THE INLET INCLUDING KENAI AND SOLDOTNA. SNOW WILL VARY IN

INTENSITY THROUGH THE DAY WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED LATE

THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS…ROADS AND OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES MAY BECOME SLICK.

TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. VISIBILITIES MAY BE LIMITED IN HEAVY SNOWFALL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW…SLEET…OR

FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES.

BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…

AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

Distribution:  Admins, AHIMT, Assembly,  CERT, City Clerks & Managers, Dept. Heads, Fire & EMS, KPBSD, LEPC, Media, Police & Dispatch, Weather

Janelle Hames

Secretary

Kenai Peninsula Borough

Office of Emergency Management

253 Wilson Lane

Soldotna, AK 99669

907-262-4910 Office   907-714-2395 Fax

907-262-2096 Direct