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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Fairbanks, AK

June 23, 2017

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this flash flood warning at Jun 23, 2017, 11:40 PM AKDT. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 23, 2017, 11:40 PM AKDT (07:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2017, 2:45 AM AKDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Fairbanks, AK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

The nearest sounding before it

Fairbanks, (PFAI), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 247 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fairbanks, at 00:00Z on 2017-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fairbanks, at 00:00Z on 2017-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1671 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

090 
WGAK59 PAFG 240744
FFWAFG
AKZ224-226-241045-
/O.NEW.PAFG.FF.W.0002.170624T0744Z-170624T1045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
1140 PM AKDT Fri Jun 23 2017

The National Weather Service in Fairbanks has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Near the Alaska Highway from Tanacross to Dot Lake
* Until 245 AM AKDT

* At 838 PM AKDT, trained weather spotters reported thunderstorms 
  producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to one inch of 
  rain had already fallen. Satellite imagery suggests that locally 
  heavy rain continues. Flash flooding is expected.

* Flash flooding will remain over mainly rural areas of south central
  Upper Tanana Valley and the Fortymile Country and north central
  Eastern Alaska Range.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring.
If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately.
Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate
precautions to protect life and property.

&&

LAT...LON 6338 14347 6325 14373 6352 14437 6365 14400

$$

DJH June 2017
1 follow-up statement
807 
WGAK79 PAFG 241031
FFSAFG

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
228 AM AKDT Sat Jun 24 2017

AKZ224-226-241038-
/O.CAN.PAFG.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170624T1045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Upper Tanana Valley and the Fortymile Country-Eastern Alaska Range-
228 AM AKDT Sat Jun 24 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR streams near the Alaska 
Highway from Dot Lake to Tanacross IS CANCELLED...

Some showers persist in the area, but heavy rainfall has ended.
Flash flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please 
continue to heed any remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 6338 14347 6325 14373 6352 14437 6365 14400

$$

DJH JUNE 2017

The office that day

Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 8:38 PM AKDTFlash Flood WarningAFG3 hr
Jun 24, 4:03 AM AKDTBrisk Wind AdvisoryAFG10 hr
Jun 24, 4:14 AM AKDTGale WarningAFG10 hr
Jun 24, 4:15 AM AKDTHigh Wind WarningAFG18 hr
Jun 24, 9:51 AM AKDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAFG12 hr
Jun 24, 2:03 PM AKDTGale WarningAFG14 hr
Jun 24, 2:11 PM AKDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAFG25 hr
Jun 24, 3:34 PM AKDTRed Flag WarningAFG6 hr

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.