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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
855 PM AKDT TUE MAY 26 2026
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855 PM AKDT TUE MAY 26 2026
...FLOOD WARNING FOR HIGH WATER AND HEAVY ICE RUNS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL 5 PM AKDT WEDNESDAY...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY HIGH WATER AND HEAVY ICE RUNS
OVERWHELMING VARIOUS OUTLET CHANNELS AND CAUSING INTERMITTENT
JAMMING CONTINUES.
* WHERE...ALAKANUK.
* WHEN...UNTIL 500 PM AKDT WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 850 PM AKDT, LOCAL OBSERVERS REPORT THAT THE WATER LEVELS
HAVE DROPPED TWO FEET SINCE TUESDAY MORNING AND ARE BELOW
BANKFULL THROUGHOUT THE VILLAGE. THE ROADS TO THE AIRPORT
WERE COVERED WITH WATER AS OF 2 PM AKDT TUESDAY. RIVER WATCH
OBSERVED THE ALAKANUK SLOUGH WAS JAMMED AND BACKING UP AT THE
MOUTH AT ROUGHLY 5 PM AKDT. HOWEVER, GIVEN THAT THERE IS
LITTLE TO NICE ICE UPSTREAM IN THE YUKON, THE FLOOD THREAT IS
GREATLY DIMINISHING. RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXERCISE
CAUTION NEAR THE ICE CHUNKS AND HIGH WATER.
- 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 6264 16481 6276 16465 6271 16445 6256 16465
6261 16485
MACKAY
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