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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
611 AM AKDT SUN JUL 9 2023
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NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE AK-
611 AM AKDT SUN JUL 9 2023
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT MONDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY HEAVY RAINFALL IS OCCURING OR EXPECTED.
* WHERE...ANAKTUVUK, NANUSHUK, ITKILLIK, KUPARUK, ATIGUN AND
SAGAVANIRKTOK RIVERS.
* WHEN...UNTIL 600 AM AKDT MONDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 555 AM AKDT SUNDAY, RIVER GAUGE REPORTS ON THE
SAGAVANIRKTOK AND ATIGUN RIVERS INDICATE THAT FLOODING IS
OCCURING ON THOSE RIVERS. FLOODING IS LIKELY ALONG THE
ANAKTUVUK, NANUSHUK, ITKILLIK, KUPARUK RIVERS AS THEY HAVE
SIMILAR HEADWATERS TO THE ATIGUN AND SAGAVANIRTOK RIVERS.
BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL BETWEEN ATIGUN PASS AND
SAGWON FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.
- THE ATIGUN RIVER APPEARS TO HAVE THE HIGHEST SUMMER WATER
LEVEL ON RECORD, AND FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG THE ATIGUN
RIVER TODAY. THE SAGAVANIRKTOK RIVER GAUGE NEAR PUMP STATION
3 IS RISING RAPIDLY AND INDICATES THAT FLOODING IS OCCURING
NOW AND THAT MODERATE FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. THIS HIGH WATER
COULD THREATEN THE DALTON HIGHWAY IN AREAS WHERE THE HIGHWAY
RUNS ALONG THE SAGAVANIRTOK RIVER. HIGH WATER WILL PEAK OUT
NEAR PUMP STATION 3 ABOUT NOON TODAY, WITH THE CREST MOVING
DOWNRIVER LATER TODAY AND MONDAY.
- FOR SAGAVANIRKTOK RIVER NEAR PUMP STATION 3:
AT 5:15AM THE STAGE WAS 21.51 FEET.
FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
FORECAST: A CREST AROUND 22.0 FEET IS EXPECTED AROUND NOON
SUNDAY.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 7008 15089 7002 15034 6977 14844 6868 14639
6842 14842 6827 14885 6817 14959 6803 15193
6948 15125 6997 15114 6995 15108
JB
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