NWS Flood Warning
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
620 PM ADT SUN JUL 9 2006
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM ADT MONDAY FOR
SMALL STREAMS IN THE UPPER TANANA RIVER BASIN FROM THE CANADA
BORDER TO CHICKEN TO DOT LAKE TO SOUTH OF DONNELLY DOME...
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM ADT MONDAY FOR THE
TANANA RIVER AT NORTHWAY...TANACROSS...AND DELTA JUNCTION...
THIS WARNING DOES ...NOT... INCLUDE THE DELTA RIVER.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES OVER THE LAST 24 TO 36 HOURS IN THE UPPER TANANA VALLEY AND EASTERN ALASKA RANGE IS PRODUCING RAPID RISES OF WATER LEVELS AND FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES OF THE UPPER TANANA RIVER.
THE AFFECTED AREA INCLUDES THE TOK CUTOFF FROM TOK TO MENTASTA LAKE... THE ALASKA HIGHWAY FROM DOT LAKE TO THE BORDER...THE RICHARDSON HIGHWAY SOUTH OF DONNELLY DOME TO BLACK RAPIDS...AND THE TAYLOR HIGHWAY SOUTH OF CHICKEN.
THE TANANA RIVER IS AT FLOOD STAGE AT TANACROSS AND WILL REACH FLOOD STAGE AT NORTHWAY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE TANANA RIVER WILL REACH FLOOD STAGE AT DELTA JUNCTION EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE TANANA RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST AT TANACROSS ON MONDAY MORNING... AND CREST AT NORTHWAY ON TUESDAY.
CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING NEAR STREAMS AND RIVERS AS WATER LEVELS MAY RISE RAPIDLY...PARTICULARLY IN ROCKY AND STEEP TERRAIN.
MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION AND AVOID CROSSING FLOODED ROADS OR HIGHWAYS.
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY. THE NEXT FLOOD STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 12 NOON ADT MONDAY OR SOONER IF NECESSARY.
From the National Weather Service's Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Alaska: http://www.weather.gov/alerts/ak.html
620 PM ADT SUN JUL 9 2006
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM ADT MONDAY FOR
SMALL STREAMS IN THE UPPER TANANA RIVER BASIN FROM THE CANADA
BORDER TO CHICKEN TO DOT LAKE TO SOUTH OF DONNELLY DOME...
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM ADT MONDAY FOR THE
TANANA RIVER AT NORTHWAY...TANACROSS...AND DELTA JUNCTION...
THIS WARNING DOES ...NOT... INCLUDE THE DELTA RIVER.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES OVER THE LAST 24 TO 36 HOURS IN THE UPPER TANANA VALLEY AND EASTERN ALASKA RANGE IS PRODUCING RAPID RISES OF WATER LEVELS AND FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES OF THE UPPER TANANA RIVER.
THE AFFECTED AREA INCLUDES THE TOK CUTOFF FROM TOK TO MENTASTA LAKE... THE ALASKA HIGHWAY FROM DOT LAKE TO THE BORDER...THE RICHARDSON HIGHWAY SOUTH OF DONNELLY DOME TO BLACK RAPIDS...AND THE TAYLOR HIGHWAY SOUTH OF CHICKEN.
THE TANANA RIVER IS AT FLOOD STAGE AT TANACROSS AND WILL REACH FLOOD STAGE AT NORTHWAY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE TANANA RIVER WILL REACH FLOOD STAGE AT DELTA JUNCTION EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE TANANA RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST AT TANACROSS ON MONDAY MORNING... AND CREST AT NORTHWAY ON TUESDAY.
CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING NEAR STREAMS AND RIVERS AS WATER LEVELS MAY RISE RAPIDLY...PARTICULARLY IN ROCKY AND STEEP TERRAIN.
MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION AND AVOID CROSSING FLOODED ROADS OR HIGHWAYS.
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY. THE NEXT FLOOD STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 12 NOON ADT MONDAY OR SOONER IF NECESSARY.
From the National Weather Service's Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Alaska: http://www.weather.gov/alerts/ak.html
posted by David in Alaska at 7/09/2006 09:46:00 PM
1 Comments:
If you have tried to drive the length of Spengler road lately you will notice that it is closed due to flooding of the Delta River. Spengler road starts at the Jack Warren road and ends in Big Delta, paralleling the Richardson highway.
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