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WGAK89 PAFG 270825 CCA
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FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1225 AM AKDT WED MAY 27 2026
AKZ825-280100-
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/00000.0.IJ.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
1225 AM AKDT WED MAY 27 2026
...FLOOD WARNING FOR HIGH WATER AND HEAVY ICE RUNS REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 5 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON...
* 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 NO ICE UPSTREAM IN THE YUKON, THE FLOOD THREAT IS
GREATLY DIMINISHING. RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXERCISE
CAUTION NEAR THE ICE CHUNKS AND HIGH WATER.
- FOR YUKON RIVER AT EMMONAK:
AT 7:30AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.7 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 6264 16481 6276 16465 6271 16445 6256 16465
6261 16485
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