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WRAK01 PAFA 240619

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...BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK

1100 PM ADT MONDAY JUL 23 2001



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS FROM DELTA JUNCTION EAST

TO THE CANADA BORDER REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM TUESDAY.



THE AREA AFFECTED INCLUDES SMALL STREAMS ALONG THE NORTH SLOPES OF

THE EASTERN ALASKA RANGE...THE DELTANA ZONE FROM DELTA JUNCTION

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

INCLUDES THE CORRIDORS OF THE RICHARDSON HIGHWAY FROM DELTA JUNCTION

SOUTH TO ISABEL PASS...THE GLENN HIGHWAY FROM TOK TO MENTASTA PASS...

AND THE TAYLOR HIGHWAY.



HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS HAVE CONTINUED ALL DAY LONG ON MONDAY INTO MONDAY

EVENING OVER THESE AREAS. RAINFALL TOTALS RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES AT

MOST REPORTING STATIONS. AT NORTHWAY, 2.38 INCHES HAD FALLEN AS OF

1015 PM. THIS IS A RECORD RAINFALL FOR NORTHWAY, AND IS ESTIMATED TO

BE A ONCE IN 50 YEAR EVENT. THE RAIN IS STILL COMING DOWN...AND IS

NOT EXPECTED TO LET UP UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY.



BASED ON THE RATE OF RAINFALL, FLASH FLOODING IS STILL LIKELY IN

PROGRESS ON SOME SMALLER STREAMS IN THE WARNING AREA. HIGH WATER

LEVELS ON SOME OF THESE STREAMS MAY CAUSE WASH OUTS ON ROADS OR

MUDSLIDES ON STEEP SLOPES IN THE AREA.



PEOPLE NEAR SMALL STREAMS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ROAD 

WASH OUTS OCCURRING.



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

IMMEDIATELY.



THE NEXT FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 700 AM TUESDAY

MORNING OR SOONER IF NECESSARY.



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TF JUL 01

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