Flood Watch Upper Tanana Valley Today

...FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL TUESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS IN THE UPPER TANANA
VALLEY...THE TANANA FLATS...THE EASTERN ALASKA RANGE...AND
THE FORTYMILE COUNTRY...

A SLOW MOVING STORM IN THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL MOVE NORTH
ALONG THE CANADA BORDER THROUGH TUESDAY CREATING FAVORABLE
CONDITIONS FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAINS OVER SATURATED GROUND.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD EXCEED SEVERAL INCHES OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
DAYS...WITH RENEWED FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS OVER THE WATCH
AREA. THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES THE ALASKA HIGHWAY...THE RICHARDSON
HIGHWAY...THE TOK CUTOFF...AND THE TAYLOR HIGHWAY...WHERE STREAM
CROSSINGS AND CULVERTS MAY BE AT RISK FOR OVERFLOWING AND POSSIBLE
ROAD DAMAGE.

RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TAPERING OFF LATE TUESDAY TO EASE THE
FLASH FLOODING DANGER.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.

PEOPLE IN THE AFFECTED AREA SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO
PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 3 PM ADT MONDAY AFTERNOON
OR SOONER IF NECESSARY.

This is the complete text from the NWS Flood Watch