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...BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK

425 PM ADT SUNDAY JUL 1 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING

EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM SUNDAY EVENING FOR SMALL STREAMS ALONG THE

DALTON HIGHWAY FROM LIVENGOOD TO THE YUKON RIVER BRIDGE.



HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE DROPPING BETWEEN ONE AND TWO

INCHES OF RAIN IN THIS AREA OVER THE COURSE OF JUST AN HOUR OR TWO.

THIS HIGH AMOUNT OF RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME SMALL STREAMS AND

TRIBUTARIES TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS...ALTHOUGH LARGER RIVERS IN THE

AREA SUCH AS THE YUKON AND HESS CREEK WILL NOT FLOOD.  



IT IS POSSIBLE THAT RISING WATER COULD DAMAGE THE DALTON HIGHWAY.

TRAVELERS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IN THIS AREA. A FLASH FLOOD

WARNING MEANS SOME SMALL STREAMS ARE LIKELY FLOODING. TAKE NECESSARY

PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY.



THE NEXT FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 700 PM SUNDAY

OR SOONER IF NECESSARY.



ES JUL 01

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