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HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
548 PM AKDT TUE SEP 9 2025
...SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL THROUGH SATURDAY WILL BRING RIVER RISES AND
LOCALIZED FLOOD POTENTIAL ACROSS PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND AND THE
EASTERN KENAI PENINSULA...
MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE
PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND COAST THROUGH SATURDAY. THIS FIRST ROUND OF
HEAVIER RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A SECOND ROUND IS THEN
EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY FOR EASTERN PRINCE
WILLIAM SOUND BEFORE SLOWLY TAPERING OFF. RAIN MAY PERSIST THROUGH
SATURDAY FOR WESTERN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND.
RAINFALL
* WESTERN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND, INCLUDING PORTAGE AND WHITTIER: 2 TO
4 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. STEADY
RAIN MAY TAPER OFF FOR A TIME WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY.
HOWEVER, AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY.
* SOUTHERN KENAI PENINSULA, INCLUDING SEWARD: 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN
IS EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. STEADY RAIN MAY TAPER OFF
FOR A TIME WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY. HOWEVER, AN
ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY. HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY OVER HIGHER TERRAIN.
* EASTERN TURNAGAIN ARM, INCLUDING GIRDWOOD: 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN
IS EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. STEADY RAIN MAY TAPER OFF
FOR A TIME WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY. HOWEVER, AN
ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY. HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY OVER HIGHER TERRAIN.
* EASTERN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND, INCLUDING CORDOVA: 1 TO 3 INCHES OF
RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. STEADY RAIN MAY TAPER
OFF FOR A TIME WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY. HOWEVER, AN
ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY.
* VALDEZ: 0.75 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING. STEADY RAIN MAY TAPER OFF FOR A TIME WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO
EARLY THURSDAY. HOWEVER, AN ADDITIONAL 0.75 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN
IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY
OVER HIGHER TERRAIN.
HYDROLOGIC CONCERNS
* ELEVATED WATER LEVELS PERSIST ON MANY AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY BRING SHARP RISES TO WATER LEVELS. HIGHER
THAN NORMAL WATER LEVELS MAY CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
* MANY LOWER LOCATIONS ALONG RIVERS SUCH AS GRAVEL BARS AND OTHER
SPOTS POPULAR FOR CAMPING AND RECREATING MAY BECOME
INUNDATED WITH WATER.
* HEAVY RAIN MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED PONDING IN LOW-LYING AREAS AND
LOCATIONS WITH POOR DRAINAGE.
NEXT STEPS
* RESIDENTS ALONG AREA STREAMS AS WELL AS RIVER USERS AND
RECREATIONISTS SHOULD ANTICIPATE HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER LEVELS
AND ARE ADVISED TO MONITOR WEATHER AND RIVER FORECASTS.
* REPORTS ON RIVER CONDITIONS MAY BE SENT TO THE RIVER FORECAST
CENTER BY CALLING 1-800-847-1739.
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