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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1002 PM AKDT SUN MAY 24 2026
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1002 PM AKDT SUN MAY 24 2026
...FLOOD WARNING FOR HIGH WATER AND HEAVY ICE RUNS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1 AM AKDT TUESDAY...
* WHAT...EXTENSIVE FLOODING CAUSED BY HIGH WATER AND HEAVY ICE RUNS
CONTINUES.
* WHERE...PILOT STATION.
* WHEN...UNTIL 100 AM AKDT TUESDAY.
* IMPACTS...EXTENSIVE FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER
LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 959 PM AKDT, WATER LEVELS HAD PEAKED AT THE YUKON RIVER
PILOT STATION GAGE AT 33.76 FEET SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND HAVE
BEGUN TO SLOWLY DROP AS OF SUNDAY EVENING. LOW-LYING AREAS
REMAIN FLOODED. ALL ROADS IN PILOT STATION ARE IMPASSABLE
UNLESS BY BOAT. MULTIPLE HOMES ARE INUNDATED WITH WATER.
WATER LEVELS HAVE EXCEEDED 2024 AND ARE SECOND ONLY TO 1989.
RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION IN AND AROUND
FLOOD WATERS.
- THE BREAKUP FRONT REMAINS LOCATED DOWNRIVER OF MOUNTAIN
VILLAGE. IT IS MOVING SLOWLY INTO THE REMAINING IN-PLACE ICE.
PLENTY OF HIGH WATER IS STILL PUSHING DOWN THE RIVER FROM THE
JAM NEAR HOLY CROSS A FEW DAYS AGO. AS THE SURGE OF HIGH
WATER MOVES DOWNSTREAM, IT IS CAUSING FLOODING IN SEVERAL
COMMUNITIES ALONG THE YUKON.
- FOR YUKON RIVER AT PILOT STATION:
AT 7:45PM THE STAGE WAS 33.5 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/APRFC
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STAY TUNED TO FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO,
TELEVISION, OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 6194 16285 6192 16287 6193 16290 6194 16288
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