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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Fairbanks, AK

June 7, 2003

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 7, 2003, 8:40 PM AKDT. It was in force for 2 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: Jun 7, 2003, 8:40 PM AKDT (04:40 UTC)
Expired: Jun 7, 2003, 11:00 PM AKDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK
Area: Whole counties

The text

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

000 
WGAK59 PAFG 080440
FFWAFG
AKZ216-219-221-080700-

...BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
840 PM ADT SATURDAY JUN 7 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A 

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE RAY MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF INDIAN MOUNTAIN FROM GALENA TO TANANA 

* UNTIL 5 AM SUNDAY

* A PERSISTENT ROUND OF HEAVY RAINS HAS FALLEN OVER WET SOIL IN THE
WARNING AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF SEVERAL INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED
AT COTTONWOOD IN THE RAY MOUNTAINS OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS...WITH 
7-TENTHS OF AN INCH REPORTED SINCE NOON ON SATURDAY. AN ADDIITONAL
HALF INCH OF RAIN MAY BE EXPECTED OVER THE RAY MOUNTAINS THROUGH 
MIDNIGHT BEFORE RAINS TAPER OFF BY MORNING.

* RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY RISING STREAMS AND CREEKS 
IN THE WARNED AREA. ROCKY SOILS AND STEEP RAVINES ARE PARTICULARLY 
AT RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD EXPECT TRAILS
CUT BY FLOWING WATER AND PONDS FORMING RAPIDLY IN LOW-LYING AREAS.
   
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT.
TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY.

THE NEXT FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 11 PM SATURDAY
OR SOONER IF NECESSARY.

$$
TS JUN 03

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Fairbanks, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 7, 9:30 AM AKDT, 11 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 9:30 AM AKDT, 11 hours 10 minutes before

NORTH ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION
230 PM ADT SAT JUN 7 2003

NO PAPD RADAR DATA AVAILABLE DUE TO COMMS PROBLEMS.

MAJOR FEATURE TODAY IS AN UPPER LOW CENTER WEST OF
TANANA. WIDESPREAD RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE ASSOCIATED
AREAS OF UPWARD VERTICAL MOTION. SOME OF THE HEAVIER
RAINFALL TOTALS INCLUDE ABOUT 1.6 INCHES AT THE
COTTONWOOD RAWS AND 1.2 INCHES AT THE WONDER LAKE
RAWS...MOST OF THAT FALLING IN LESS THAN 12 HOURS.
TANANA RECORDED ALMOST 0.9 INCH AND WEIN LAKE RAWS
ABOUT 0.8 INCH.

ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS HAS DEVELOPED OVER THE
FORTYMILE COUNTRY...THESE SHOWERS MAY SPREAD NORTHWESTWARD
OVERNIGHT. A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES HAVE OCCURRED IN THE BIG
DELTA AREA. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY OCCUR THIS
EVENING IN CLEAR AREAS OVER ZONES 220-223-224-226.

RAIN HAS TAPERED OFF AT TANANA AND WONDER LAKE
BUT SATELLITE SUGGESTS MORE SHOWERS FOR DENALI
PARK OVERNIGHT. DENALI PARK ROAD IS CLOSED WEST
OF TEKLANIKA. 6 INCHES OF SNOW REPORTED AT EIELSON
VISITOR CENTER...CHANGING TO RAIN BY MIDDAY.
WATER IS REPORTED FLOWING OVER THE ROAD AT
EUREKA CREEK AND FRIDAY CREEK.

TREND TO WARMER AND DRIER WEATHER IN INTERIOR MONDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY AS UPPER RIDGE BUILDS. SURGE OF MOISTURE COMING
UP THE BACK SIDE OF THE RIDGE WILL REACH THE SEWARD
PENINSULA AND THE SOUTHERN COASTAL ZONES AND SOUTHWEST
INTERIOR ZONES BY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.

.AFG...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR
         ZONES 218-219-220-221-225.
MARINE...SCA AREAS 9B/14.
FIRE WEATHER...NONE

RF JUN 03

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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.