FLASH FLOOD warning

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...SMALL CREEKS AND TRIBUTARIES OF THE UPPER TANANA AND DELTA RIVERS UNTIL 1000 PM ADT
* AT 200 PM ADT...RAIN GAUGES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA HAVE REPORTED RAINFALL OF HALF AN INCH AT DELTA JUNCTION TO NEARLY AN INCH AT TRIMS CAMP SINCE 8 AM ADT THIS MORNING.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE RICHARDSON HIGHWAY FROM THE SALCHA RIVER TO ISABEL PASS AND THE TOK CUTOFF FROM SOUTHWEST OF TOK TO MENTASTA PASS.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND
WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. DRIVERS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR CREEKS.