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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
1039 AM AKDT FRI JUL 18 2008
CORRECTED TYPO
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SUSITNA VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TALKEETNA...WILLOW...CANTWELL
1039 AM AKDT FRI JUL 18 2008
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE
YENTNA RIVER AT LAKE CREEK AND ITS TRIBUTARIES...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF AK...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREA...SUSITNA VALLEY.
* THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON
* SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE WESTERN SUSITNA
BASIN OVER THE LAST 36 HOURS. RIVER LEVELS WERE ALREADY HIGH
FROM RAINFALL AND SNOWMELT AND HAVE REACHED NEAR BANKFULL THIS
MORNING.
RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY FRIDAY BEFORE
TAPERING OFF TO SHOWERS ON SATURDAY. LEVELS ON THE YENTNA RIVER
NEAR LAKE CREEK ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO NEAR FLOOD STAGE LATE
FRIDAY NIGHT OR EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
* SEVERAL LODGES IN THE LAKE CREEK AREA WILL HAVE WATER NEAR
CABINS. IF LEVELS RISE MORE THAN 0.7 FEET, MINOR FLOODING WILL
BEGIN.
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING.
YOU ARE ENCOURAGE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION.
PREPARATION FOR THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER EVENT SHOULD
BEGIN NOW.
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