780  
WGAK47 PAJK 300048  
FLWAJK  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK  
348 PM AKST MON JAN 29 2024  
 
AKZ325-300830-  
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CITY AND BOROUGH OF JUNEAU AK-  
348 PM AKST MON JAN 29 2024  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM AKST THIS EVENING
 
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...JORDAN CREEK NEAR AREAS AROUND THE JORDAN CREEK MALL.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 1130 PM AKST MONDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, OTHER LOW-LYING  
AREAS AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 341 PM AKST, RIVER GAUGE REPORTS INDICATE RISES IN WATER  
LEVELS FROM HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLOODING IS  
ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY, ESPECIALLY NEAR JORDAN  
CREEK. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.  
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.75 TO 1.25 INCHES ARE  
POSSIBLE.  
 
- FOR JORDAN CREEK NEAR JUNEAU:  
AT 3:00PM THE STAGE WAS 10.32 FEET.  
FLOOD STAGE IS 9.7 FEET.  
FORECAST: A CREST AROUND 10.6 FEET IS EXPECTED AROUND 9:00PM  
MONDAY.  
 
IMPACTS:  
AT 9.2 FEET: THIS IS THE STAGE WHEN JORDAN CREEK IS AT  
BANKFULL AND WATER WILL BEGIN TO INUNDATE AREAS ALONG THE  
EDGES OF THE CREEK NEAR RACE REALITY AND JORDAN SQUARE.  
 
AT 9.7 FEET: WATER WILL INUNDATE THE JORDAN SQUARE'S FRONT  
AND BACK PARKING LOTS, AROUND JORDAN CREEK OFFICE  
CONDOMINIUMS WITH UP TO ONE FOOT OF WATER. SOME RESIDENTIAL  
DRIVEWAYS WILL BE FLOODED AND CUT OFF.  
 
AT 10.5 FEET: THERE WILL BE SOME INUNDATION OF STRUCTURES AND  
ROADS NEAR JORDAN CREEK WITH MORE THAN ONE FOOT OF WATER.  
SOME RESIDENTIAL HOMES AND COMMERCIAL OFFICES ALONG THE CREEK  
WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
STAY TUNED TO FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO,  
TELEVISION, OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 5837 13460 5837 13458 5837 13457 5836 13457  
5835 13458 5836 13460  
 

 
 
GREGORY.SPANN  
 
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