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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
930 PM AKST FRI JAN 9 2026
.AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER WITH MULTIPLE SURGES OF MOISTURE HAS MOVED
INTO THE PANHANDLE AND IS POSSIBLE TO LAST INTO SUNDAY EVENING.
PRECIPITATION HAS MOSTLY TRANSITIONED TO RAIN PAST THE ICY STRAIT
CORRIDOR, AND IS STILL EXPECTED TO TRANSITION FOR THE NORTHERN INNER
CHANNELS OVERNIGHT FRIDAY. SNOW LEVELS ARE ROUGHLY 1500 TO 2500 FEET
ABOVE SEA LEVEL ALONG THE ICY STRAIT CORRIDOR THROUGH THE SOUTHERN
PANHANDLE. A BRIEF, DISTINCT LULL IN HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED
OVERNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF
OF THE PANHANDLE, BEFORE ANOTHER SURGE OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT
LOOK TO RANGE AROUND 1.5 TO 3.0 INCHES IN THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE,
INCLUDING KETCHIKAN AND METLAKATLA, 1.0 TO 2.0 INCHES FOR THE
CENTRAL INNER CHANNELS INCLUDING PETERSBURG, WRANGELL, AND KAKE,
0.75 TO 1.5 INCHES FOR THE ICY STRAIT CORRIDOR, 1.0 TO 2.0 FOR THE
JUNEAU AREA, AND 1.0 TO 1.5 INCHES FOR THE FAR NORTHERN INNER
CHANNELS NEAR SEA LEVEL.
CURRENTLY, EXPECTING THE SNOWPACK TO ABSORB MOST RAINFALL FROM THIS
WEEKEND SYSTEM AND PRODUCE MINIMAL RUNOFF IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF
THE PANHANDLE WITH A DEEP SEA LEVEL SNOWPACK. THEREFORE, SNOW, ICE,
OR OTHER DEBRIS COULD POTENTIALLY BLOCK STORM DRAINS AND ALLOW FOR
PONDING OF RAIN AND SNOWMELT IN AREAS THAT THEY NORMALLY WOULD NOT
COLLECT, SUCH AS ROADWAYS OR WALKWAYS.
ANOTHER SURGE OF MOISTURE IS LOOKING INCREASINGLY LIKELY FOR THE
SOUTHERN HALF OF THE PANHANDLE OVERNIGHT SATURDAY AND CONTINUING
THROUGH SUNDAY, AND THEREFORE, THE FLOOD WATCH WAS EXTENDED. THERE
IS GROWING CONFIDENCE THAT VERY STRONG RAIN RATES DURING THE MORNING
HOURS FOR THE KETCHIKAN, METLAKATLA, AND PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND,
WITH AROUND A 40-60% CHANCE FOR 3 HOUR RATES EXCEEDING 0.4 INCHES.
THIS SURGE IN PRECIPITATION MAY COINCIDE WITH ANOTHER SURGE OF WIND
GUSTS, WITH SEA LEVEL GUSTS POSSIBLY REACHING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH
SUNDAY EVENING. THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE COULD SEE 1.5 TO 3.0
ADDITIONAL INCHES, THE CENTRAL INNER CHANNELS COULD RECEIVE 1.0 TO
2.0 ADDITIONAL INCHES, THE ICY STRAIT CORRIDOR COULD RECEIVE 0.75 TO
1.5 ADDITIONAL INCHES, AND THE JUNEAU AREA COULD RECEIVE 1.5 TO 2.5
ADDITIONAL INCHES. STAY TUNED FOR MORE INFORMATION.
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GLACIER BAY-EASTERN CHICHAGOF ISLAND-CAPE FAIRWEATHER TO
LISIANSKI STRAIT-ADMIRALTY ISLAND-CITY AND BOROUGH OF JUNEAU-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF JUNEAU, HOONAH, TENAKEE SPRINGS, ANGOON,
GUSTAVUS, ELFIN COVE, AND PELICAN
930 PM AKST FRI JAN 9 2026
..FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY RAIN AND SNOWMELT CONTINUES TO BE
POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...THE FOLLOWING AREAS, EASTERN GULF COAST AND CENTRAL INNER
CHANNELS. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF GUSTAVUS, HOONAH, TENAKEE
SPRINGS, ELFIN COVE, PELICAN, ANGOON, AND JUNEAU.
* WHEN...THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...STORM DRAINS AND DITCHES ARE CLOGGED WITH SNOW THAT MAY
CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN THESE POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AROUND 0.75" TO 1.50" OF RAIN OCCURRED TODAY ALONG THE ICY
STRAIT CORRIDOR AND JUNEAU AREA. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF ONGOING
FLOODING OVER ROADWAYS AND PARKING LOTS DUE RAIN AND RUNOFF
ACROSS THE JUNEAU AND HOONAH AREAS TODAY. HEAVY RAIN WILL
CONTINUE TO FALL ON THE EXISTING SNOWPACK WHICH LEAD TO
INCREASED RUNOFF AND PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS
DURING THE WATCH TIME FRAME. THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING, AN
ADDITIONAL 0.75 TO 1.25 INCHES FOR THE ICY STRAIT CORRIDOR,
WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY FOR
JUNEAU. DEPENDING ON HOW CULVERTS AND STORM DRAINS BEHAVE
DURING THIS UPCOMING RAIN, ALONG WITH THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
OF AROUND 0.75 TO 2.5 INCHES, WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR
JUNEAU, THE FLOOD WATCH MAY BE EXTENDED INTO SUNDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
STORM DRAINS SHOULD BE KEPT CLEAR OF DEBRIS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
STAY TUNED TO FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO,
TELEVISION, OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
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CITY AND BOROUGH OF SITKA-PETERSBURG BOROUGH-WESTERN KUPREANOF
ISLAND AND KUIU ISLAND-PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND-CITY AND BOROUGH OF
WRANGELL-KETCHIKAN GATEWAY BOROUGH-CITY OF HYDER-ANNETTE ISLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF PETERSBURG, KETCHIKAN, HYDER, HYDABURG,
SITKA, WRANGELL, PORT ALEXANDER, KLAWOCK, COFFMAN COVE, KAKE,
THORNE BAY, CRAIG, AND METLAKATLA
930 PM AKST FRI JAN 9 2026
..FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY RAIN AND SNOWMELT CONTINUES TO BE
POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...THE FOLLOWING AREAS, PRINCE OF WALES, EASTERN GULF COAST,
SOUTHERN INNER CHANNELS AND CENTRAL INNER CHANNELS. THIS INCLUDES
THE CITIES OF SITKA, PETERSBURG, KAKE, PORT ALEXANDER, CRAIG,
KLAWOCK, HYDABURG, COFFMAN COVE, THORNE BAY, WRANGELL, KETCHIKAN,
HYDER, AND METLAKATLA.
* WHEN...THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, OTHER LOW-LYING AREAS AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
STORM DRAINS AND DITCHES MAY BECOME CLOGGED WITH DEBRIS OR SNOW.
INCREASED RISK OF POSSIBLE ISOLATED LANDSLIDES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AROUND 2.0 TO 5.0 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FOR PRINCE OF
WALES, KETCHIKAN, AND METLAKATLA. AROUND 1.5 TO 3.0 INCHES
HAS FALLEN FOR PETERSBURG AND WRANGELL, AND AROUND 1.5 TO 3.0
INCHES HAS FALLEN NEAR SITKA. AROUND 1.0 TO 3.0 INCHES WITH
POSSIBLY LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS, PARTICULARLY NEAR KETCHIKAN
AND METLAKATLA, OF RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.
ON SUNDAY, 1.0 TO 2.0 INCHES OF RAIN FOR THE CENTRAL
PANHANDLE AND 1.5 TO 3.0 FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PANHANDLE
IS POSSIBLE. AREAS WITH A PRE-EXISTING SNOWPACK, BOTH FROM
RECENT ACCUMULATIONS AS WELL AS THE DEEP, PREVIOUS SNOWPACK,
MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL RUNOFF. SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS ARE
BEGINNING TO RESPOND, AND CURRENT HAVE HIGH UNCERTAINTY FOR
EXCEEDENCE OF FLOOD STAGE. WARD CREEK ABOVE LAKE CONNELL DAM
IS CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING MINOR FLOODING. OTHERWISE, CURRENT
FORECAST REFLECTS THESE RIVERS SAYING WITHIN THEIR BANKS,
HOWEVER, UNCERTAINTY IN SNOWPACK DEPTH, TEMPERATURE, AND
RUNOFF POTENTIAL COULD LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING. GUSTY WINDS AT
SEA LEVEL RANGING FROM 40 TO 60 MPH ARE LIKELY ALONG THE
SOUTHERN PANHANDLE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS COMBINATION OF
WEATHER HAZARDS COULD LEAD TO POSSIBLE ISOLATED LANDSLIDES
ALONG STEEP SLOPES. CONDITIONS FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF
FLOODING AND POSSIBLE ISOLATED LANDSLIDES WILL BE MAXIMIZED
FRIDAY NIGHT DECREASE BY SATURDAY MORNING. STREAM FLOWS IN
RIVERS MAY QUICKLY RISE AND MAY EXCEED FLOOD LEVELS.
HEAVIEST RAIN FOR THE SUNDAY SYSTEM IS POSSIBLE DURING THE
MORNING HOURS WITH INCREASING WIND GUSTS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
WIND GUSTS IS LIKELY TO MAXIMIZE OVERNIGHT SUNDAY INTO
MONDAY. THIS COMBINATION OF FACTORS, ALONG WITH ACCUMULATION
FROM THE EXPECTED RAIN FOR TODAY AND SATURDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
STORM DRAINS SHOULD BE KEPT CLEAR OF DEBRIS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
ALL RESIDENTS ON OR NEAR MOUNTAIN SLOPES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
POSSIBLE LANDSLIDES.
STAY TUNED TO FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO,
TELEVISION, OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
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MUNICIPALITY OF SKAGWAY-HAINES BOROUGH AND KLUKWAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HAINES, WHITE PASS, AND SKAGWAY
930 PM AKST FRI JAN 9 2026
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT AKST TONIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY RAIN AND SNOWMELT CONTINUES TO BE
POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...THE FOLLOWING AREAS, NORTHERN INNER CHANNELS NEAR SEA
LEVEL. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF SKAGWAY, AND HAINES.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...STORM DRAINS AND DITCHES ARE CLOGGED WITH SNOW THAT MAY
CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN THESE POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AREAS IN THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE NEAR SEA LEVEL ARE EXPECTED
TO TRANSITION TO RAIN FRIDAY NIGHT. EXPECTED HEAVY SNOW THAT
WILL ACCUMULATE IN HAINES AND SKAGWAY WILL BE FOLLOWED
QUICKLY BY HEAVY RAIN. HEAVY RAIN FALLING ON THE EXISTING
SNOWPACK, INCLUDING RECENTLY FALLEN SNOW, LEADING TO
INCREASED RUNOFF AND CAUSE PONDING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
FOR AREAS PREVIOUSLY CLEARED OF SNOW, SUCH AS WALK WAYS OR
ROADWAYS, THE RUNOFF IS EXPECTED TO BE ENHANCED, AS THE OLDER
SNOWPACK WILL LIKELY ABSORB MUCH OF THE FALLING RAIN THROUGH
SATURDAY. 0.5" TO 1.0" OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY
NIGHT, ALTHOUGH IF PRECIPITATION TRANSITION IS DELAYED, THIS
COULD FALL AS SNOW INSTEAD. ON SATURDAY, WITH CONFIDENCE THAT
PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE, UP TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN IS
POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
STAY TUNED TO FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO,
TELEVISION, OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
DANIEL.SLAGLE
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