Alert archive / Alaska / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001

Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS AFA

July 1, 2001

NWS AFA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 2001, 4:24 PM AKDT. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 1, 2001, 4:24 PM AKDT (00:24 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2001, 10:00 PM AKDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS AFA
Area
Whole counties

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WRAK01 PAFA 020024
FFWFAI
AKZ220-020600-

...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
2 follow-up statements
000 
RWAK32 PAFA 020256
FFSFAI
AKZ220-020600-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
700 ADT SUNDAY JUL 1 2001

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM SUNDAY FOR
SMALL STREAMS ALONG THE DALTON HIGHWAY FROM LIVENGOOD TO THE YUKON
RIVER BRIDGE.

THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS HAVE ENDED IN THE WARNING AREA...BUT SMALL
CREEKS MAY BE OVER BANKFUL AT THIS TIME. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS
ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...BUT RAINFALL OF THE INTENSITY OF
THIS AFTERNOON ARE NOT EXPECTED. 

LARGER RIVERS IN THE AREA SUCH AS THE YUKON ROVER 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 1000 PM 
OR SOONER IF NECESSARY.

RT JUL 01
000 
RWAK32 PAFA 020538
FFSFAI
AKZ220-020540-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
940 ADT SUNDAY JUL 1 2001

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS ALONG THE DALTON HIGHWAY 
FROM LIVENGOOD TiO THE YUKON RIVER BRIDGE IS CANCELLED.

THIS IS THE LAST STATEMENT ON THIS EVENT. 

RT JUL 01

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.