Flooding occurred at Tok on the evening of the 1st through the morning of the 3rd due to excessive snowmelt feeding the Tok River. The Alaska Stoves Campground was inundated, along with some local streets and several buildings on the airport.
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The episode as NWS AFG wrote it up.
Flooding occurred at Tok on the evening of the 1st through the morning of the 3rd due to excessive snowmelt feeding the Tok River. The Alaska Stoves Campground was inundated, along with some local streets and several buildings on the airport. Several parking lots were covered with water. The Alaska Highway however, was not affected. Two homes were reported with some water in them; damage amount is an estimate based on a minor amount of damage from the flood water.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jun 1, 1:26 PM AKST, 5 hours 34 minutes earlier.
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 226 PM AKDT SAT JUN 1 2013 .DISCUSSION... MODELS ARE SIMILAR THROUGH ABOUT 60 HOURS FOR THE MOST PART. UPPER LEVEL RIDGE PERSISTING OVER ALL OF NORTHERN ALASKA. COLD FRONT HAS ALREADY SWEPT ACROSS THE ARCTIC COAST AND IS NOW BEING REPLACED BY WARMER AIR MOVING IN FROM THE WEST. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WITH ONLY WEAK SURFACE REFLECTION IS MOVING NORTH IN THE PACIFIC TO BE NEAR KODIAK BY TUE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...A COUPLE OF SHORT WAVES WILL MOVE NORTH FROM THE LOW IN THE CIRCULATION AROUND THE UPPER LOW STARTING SUN NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE IS ADVERTISED TO SWEEP OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE STATE FROM EXPANSIVE CIRCULATION FROM THIS LOW. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH MOISTURE UP TO AREAS WHERE THE RUNOFF FROM THIS MOISTURE COULD EXACERBATE THE RIVERS IN THOSE AREAS THAT RUN THROUGH ZONE 220. THE VERY WARM AIR UNDER THE RIDGE WILL BE REPLACED BY MUCH COOLER AIR MARITIME AIR WHICH WILL TEMPER THE INTERIOR HEAT FOR A LEAST A LITTLE WHILE. THE RIDGE OVER THE ARCTIC COAST WILL MOVE EASTWARD TONIGHT. THEN...A FAIRLY ROBUST COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP DOWN OVER THE ARCTIC COAST AND PUT SUMMER ON HOLD ONCE AGAIN STARTING MON. THE WEST COAST FROM THE SEWARD PENINSULA NORTH REMAINS ON THE FAIRLY DRY SIDE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. HOWEVER...SOUTH OF THE SEWARD PENINSULA WILL SEE SOME RAINFALL ON TUE. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .FIRE WEATHER...RH VALUES REMAIN VERY LOW UNDER THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE FOR THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS...HENCE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && .HYDROLOGY...MODERATE RAINFALL IN ZONE 220 COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL RISES IN THE YUKON AND THE PORCUPINE RIVERS THIS WEEK. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING FOR AKZ216-AKZ219-AKZ220-AKZ221-AKZ222-AKZ223. && CF JUN 13
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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