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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
635 PM AKDT MON SEP 15 2025
.VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES OVER THE KETCHIKAN AREA DUE TO AN
ATMOSPHERIC RIVER. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING BEFORE STARTING TO DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
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KETCHIKAN GATEWAY BOROUGH AK-
635 PM AKDT MON SEP 15 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKDT TUESDAY
* WHAT...URBAN AREA AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...NEAR KETCHIKAN.
* WHEN...UNTIL 600 AM AKDT TUESDAY.
* IMPACTS...SOME ROADWAYS ARE INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE
PASSABLE. AREA RIVERS AND CREEK FLOWS ARE ELEVATED AND CONTINUE TO
RISE. STORM DRAINS AND DITCHES ARE CLOGGED WITH DEBRIS. ISOLATED
LANDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 629 PM AKDT, EMERGENCY MANAGER/FIRE CHIEF REPORTED HEAVY
RAIN, FLOODING AND BROWN WATER IN KETCHIKAN. FLOODING IS
ONGOING. BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN EXPECTED TO
BEGIN ENDING AROUND MIDNIGHT.
- LOCAL OFFICIALS ASK TO STAY AWAY FROM FLOODED ROADWAYS AND TO
FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STAY TUNED TO FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO,
TELEVISION, OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
STAY AWAY FROM STEEP BARREN HILLSIDES DUE TO THE LANDSLIDE DANGER.
LAT...LON 5542 13185 5553 13170 5545 13145 5541 13140
5531 13150 5528 13155 5528 13157 5527 13155
5527 13159 5524 13160 5524 13161 5514 13177
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