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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
126 PM AKDT FRI AUG 1 2008
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126 PM AKDT FRI AUG 1 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLOOD WARNING FOR THE TANANA RIVER FROM FAIRBANKS TO MANLEY HOT
SPRINGS
* UNTIL 1200 PM AKDT SUNDAY
* FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG THE TANANA RIVER FROM FAIRBANKS
DOWNSTREAM TO NENANA. AT NOON FRIDAY THE STAGE OF THE TANANA
RIVER AT NENANA WAS 14.4 FT. FLOOD STAGE IS 12 FT.
* THE FLOOD CREST IS EXPECTED TO MOVE PAST NENANA THIS
AFTERNOON...AND THEN CONTINUE TO MOVE DOWNSTREAM AND
IMPACT THE TANANA RIVER FROM NENANA TO MANLEY HOT SPRINGS
THROUGH NOON SUNDAY.
* AT THE MOUTH OF THE CHENA RIVER...THE TANANA RIVER IS STILL
BACKING UP WATER INTO THE LOWER CHENA RIVER...BUT WATER IS
RECEDING. SEVERAL PROPERTIES ADJACENT TO THE LOWER CHENA
RIVER IN FAIRBANKS REMAIN FLOODED.
* IN THE PERKINS ROAD AREA...THE TANANA RIVER HAS DROPPED
ALMOST 1.5 FEET SINCE IT CRESTED ON WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE
TANANA RIVER IS STILL AROUND 1 FOOT ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AND IS
EXPECTED TO REMAIN SO THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY. WATER IS
SEVERAL FEET DEEP IN THIS AREA. MANY HOUSES HAVE BEEN FLOODED
AND SOME ROADS ARE STILL IMPASSABLE. THE FLOOD CREST ON THE
TANANA RIVER IS THE HIGHEST WATER LEVEL RECORDED IN FAIRBANKS
SINCE THE RECORD FLOODING OF AUGUST 1967.
* IN NENANA...THE TANANA RIVER WENT ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE
WEDNESDAY EVENING AND THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST AROUND
14.6 FEET FRIDAY AFTERNOON. PORTIONS OF NENANA ARE BEING
FLOODED. AT 10 AM FRIDAY THE SHIP YARD ON THE WEST SIDE OF
TOWN WAS UNDER 2 FEET OF WATER. A SECTION OF THE ALASKA
RAILROAD IS COVERED WITH AT LEAST 1 FOOT WATER. WATER IS
BEGINNING TO RISE OUT OF DRAINAGE DITCHES IN TOWN. THE
TANANA RIVER IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE THE FLOOD STAGE OF
12 FT IN NENANA THROUGH SUNDAY.
* FROM NENANA TO MANLEY HOT SPRINGS...THE TANANA RIVER IS NEAR
BANK FULL OR RUNNING OVER BANK IN SOME LOCATIONS. WATER LEVELS
WILL CONTINUE TO RISE DOWNSTREAM FROM NENANA AND CAUSE FLOODING
ALONG THE TANANA RIVER. OLD MINTO AND SOME CABINS ALONG THIS
STRETCH OF RIVER ARE LIKELY FLOODED. WATER LEVELS WILL RISE TO
BANKFULL AT MANLEY HOT SPRINGS AND FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN LOW
LYING AREAS ADJACENT TO THE TANANA RIVER IN THIS AREA.
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. TAKE
NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 6333 14648 6347 14654 6347 14759 6424 14787
6421 14940 6480 14887 6468 14674 6373 14432
6306 14448
DJH AUG 08
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