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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
922 PM AKDT SAT AUG 22 2026
AKZ330-332-231330-
ANNETTE ISLAND-KETCHIKAN GATEWAY BOROUGH-
922 PM AKDT SAT AUG 22 2026
..HEAVY RAIN FOR KETCHIKAN AND METLAKATLA POSSIBLE
AN INCOMING SYSTEM WILL MOVE OVER THE PANHANDLE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY,
BRINGING EXTENDED PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN FOR THE SOUTHERN
PANHANDLE. HIGHEST RAIN RATES ARE EXPECTED DURING SUNDAY EVENING
INTO MONDAY POSSIBLY REACHING AROUND 0.3 INCHES PER HOUR, PRIMARILY
FOR KETCHIKAN, METLAKATLA, AND MISTY FJORDS. RAINFALL TOTALS COULD
BE AS HIGH AS 2 TO 3.5 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. HIGHEST
UNCERTAINTY IS THE LOCATION OF HEAVIEST RAIN, WHICH HAS A 30% CHANCE
TO SHIFT EAST OF KETCHIKAN AND METLAKATLA. SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS
MAY RISE, BUT NO FLOODING IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
EDWARD.LISKE
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