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WGAK88 PAFC 291832
FLSAFC
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
1032 AM AKDT SUN JUN 29 2025
AKZ711-302000-
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LOWER MATANUSKA VALLEY AK-
1032 AM AKDT SUN JUN 29 2025
...FLOOD ADVISORY FOR SNOWMELT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AKDT
MONDAY...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY SNOWMELT AND CHANNEL SHIFT CONTINUES.
* WHERE...MATANUSKA RIVER ALONG THE OLD GLENN HIGHWAY BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 13 AND 15.
* WHEN...UNTIL NOON AKDT MONDAY.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1026 AM AKDT, THE LAST FEW WEEKS OF WARM TEMPERATURES
COMBINED WITH BANK EROSION HAVE LED TO HIGH WATER BREAKING
THROUGH THE BANKS OF THE MATANUSKA RIVER BETWEEN THE OLD
GLENN HIGHWAY AND THE RIVER IN THE MAUD ROAD AREA. WATER
LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN STEADY FOLLOWING DIURNAL TRENDS
IN SNOW AND GLACIAL MELT UPRIVER. COOLER TEMPERATURES THIS
WEEKEND SHOULD ALLOW FOR LESS SNOW AND GLACIAL MELT COMPARED
TO PREVIOUS DAYS. HOWEVER, PERIODS OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED
SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING, WITH 0.10" TO 0.20"
OF RAIN POSSIBLE AROUND THE PALMER AND BUTTE AREAS THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING.
- FOR MATANUSKA RIVER AT PALMER:
AT 9:30AM THE STAGE WAS 14250.0 CFS.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 6153 14915 6159 14911 6165 14911 6155 14897
6154 14904
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