Alert archive / Alaska / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS AFA
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
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Alaska, 2001Every flash flood warning in 2001
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.