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...BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK

125 PM ADT MONDAY JUL 23 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE

UNTIL 100 AM TUESDAY FOR SMALL STREAMS ALONG THE NORTHERN SLOPES OF 

THE EASTERN ALASKA RANGE...DELTANA AND TANANA FLATS FROM DELTA JUNCTION 

EAST...AND THE UPPER TANANA VALLEY AND FORTYMILE COUNTRY. THIS WARNING 

INCLUDES THE RICHARDSON HIGHWAY FROM DELTA JUNCTION SOUTHWARD TO ISABEL

PASS AND THE TAYLOR HIGHWAY.



HEAVY SHOWERS ARE PRESENTLY OCCURRING OVER THESE AREAS. NORTHWAY HAS RECEIVED 

6 TENTHS OF AN INCH OF RAIN SINCE 8 AM THIS MORNING. ALMOST 8 TENTHS

OF AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AT THE TETLIN WILDLIFE REFUGE. HEAVY RAIN IS

BEING REPORTED AT SLANA AND PAXSON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS...

SOME LIKELY PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...ARE OCCURRING OVER

THE UPPER TANANA VALLEY AND FORTYMILE COUNTRY. THESE SHOWERS

ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE WELL INTO THE EVENING BEFORE DISSIPATING.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ON SOME SMALL STREAMS.



SMALL STREAMS IN THE EASTERN ALASKA RANGE ARE LIKELY ALREADY

AT OR NEAR BANKFULL DUE TO GLACIAL SNOWMELT. THE ADDITIONAL

RAIN FROM HEAVY SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL LIKELY

CAUSE FLOODING ON SOME SMALL STREAMS. HIGH WATER LEVELS ON SOME

SMALL STREAMS MAY CAUSE WASHOUTS ON ROADS IN THE AREA INCLUDING

THE RICHARDSON HIGHWAY FROM DELTA JUNCTION TO ISABEL PASS

AND THE TAYLOR HIGHWAY.



PEOPLE NEAR SMALL STREAMS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ROAD 

WASHOUTS OCCURRING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT. TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS 

IMMEDIATELY.



THE NEXT FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 700 PM MONDAY EVENING

OR SOONER IF NECESSARY.



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RF JUL 01

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