About 16 inches of snow blanketed the Susitna Valley, according to the National Weather Service.
The snowfall created “very difficult driving conditions” north of Talkeetna overnight into Thursday, according to the Alaska Department of Transportation.
The Palmer-based Matanuska Electric Association warned of the possibility of outages throughout the day “with the heavy snowfall and snow unloading on the lines” in a social media update.
A winter storm warning was in effect through Saturday morning for an area south of Quartz Lake to the Alaska Range foothills for communities including Salcha, Delta Junction and Fort Greely. Forecasters were calling for heavy snow leading to difficult travel conditions and a total snow accumulation of 3 to 5 inches with up to 9 inches in certain areas.
Localized amounts up to 19 inches
The same weather system was dumping snow in eastern Alaska Range areas west of Tok, the weather service said. Travel will be “very difficult to impossible,” the National Weather Service warned. Additional snow accumulations of 8 to 12 inches, with localized amounts up to 19 inches, were expected.
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