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HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
350 PM AKDT WED AUG 26 2026
...ANOTHER ROUND OF SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
WILL BRING RIVER RISES AND LOCALIZED FLOOD POTENTIAL TO SUSITNA
VALLEY...
LOCATIONS:
* YENTNA AND SKWENTNA RIVER BASINS
* RIVERS, CREEKS, AND STREAMS WITH HEADWATERS ALONG THE WESTERN
TALKEETNA MOUNTAINS, INCLUDING MOOSE CREEK NEAR OILWELL ROAD
TIMING:
* THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. HEAVIEST RAIN THURSDAY
NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
RAINFALL:
* WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF 0.5 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY (60-70%)
ACROSS THE SUSITNA VALLEY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING. HIGHEST RAIN AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY BE IN SUSITNA VALLEY
NORTH OF TALKEETNA (INCLUDING PETERSVILLE), AND IN HATCHER PASS.
HYDROLOGIC CONCERNS:
* EXPECT SHARP RISES ON MANY SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS, INCLUDING THE
YENTNA AT LAKE CREEK. RIVER RISES FROM THIS UPCOMING THURSDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY STORM WILL LIKELY BE LESS THAN WAS OBSERVED
FOLLOWING THE TUESDAY STORM.
* MANY LOWER LOCATIONS ALONG RIVERS SUCH AS GRAVEL BARS AND OTHER
SPOTS POPULAR FOR CAMPING AND RECREATING MAY BECOME INUNDATED WITH
WATER WITH RIVERS REACHING BANKFULL CONDITIONS.
* 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 RECREATORS
SHOULD ANTICIPATE HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER LEVELS AND ARE ADVISED
TO MONITOR WEATHER AND RIVER FORECASTS.
* SEND WEATHER OR FLOODING REPORTS TO INWS.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/REPORT/ OR
BY CALLING 1-907-266-5127.
* REPORTS ON RIVER CONDITIONS MAY BE SENT TO THE RIVER FORECAST
CENTER BY CALLING 1-907-266-5160.
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