A weather system moving west over the area brought 2 to 3 inches of rain across the Chena River Basin on the 1st through the 2nd. 6 feet at 2100AKST on the 2nd.
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The episode as NWS AFG wrote it up.
A weather system moving west over the area brought 2 to 3 inches of rain across the Chena River Basin on the 1st through the 2nd. |The Little Chena River at the Chena Hot springs Road bridge crested at 26.6 feet at 2100AKST on the 2nd. That is the second highest crest recorded on the Little Chena river and the highest water level there since the 1967 flood. It was reported that three homes became surrounded by water near where the river flows under Chena Hot Springs Road.|The Upper Chena gage at Mile 40 Chena Hot Springs Rd recorded a crest of 21.1 feet around 1400AKST on the 2nd. The Hunts Fork gage crested at 18.4 feet around 0500AKST on the 3rd. At 36.9 mile Chena Hot Springs Road the maximum depth of water on the road at the center line was 8 inches. Most vehicles passed through the water. The parking lot at Granite Tors, the Stiles Creek shooting range, and much of the low lying areas along Chena Hot Springs Rd in the Recreation area were flooded. There was minor flooding and erosion at the Rosehip Campground but no campsites flooded. The Steve Savage Trail in Two Rivers near 25 mile Chena Hot Springs Rd was inundated with a couple feet of water. A resident reported many driveways partially flooded but no houses. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers operated the Moose Creek Dam from 1400AKDT Wed July 2nd to 0200AKDT Monday July 7th in order to regulate the flow of the Chena River through the dam to 8,000 cfs. This is the 2nd time the flow of the Chena River has been regulated this summer.|The successive rainfalls since mid-June created longer lasting impacts to the greater Fairbanks area as the month progressed. Several sizable sinkholes developed, and groundwater levels rose and maintained high levels into August in both North Pole and Fairbanks...causing problems with septic systems and flooding of some basements and crawlspaces.
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 Jul 1, 1:56 PM AKST, 4 minutes earlier.
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 256 PM AKDT TUE JUL 1 2014 .DISCUSSION... MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THE NEXT 48 TO 60 HOURS. CURRENTLY ALOFT A 545 DAM CLOSED LOW OVER THE CHUKOTSK PENINSULA THIS MORNING WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST AND NORTH OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS. A 561 DAM UPPER LOW JUST EAST OF NORTHWAY WILL DRIFT NORTHWEST AND BE OVER EAGLE BY WED MORNING. THE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTH ALONG THE ALCAN BORDER BEFORE DISSIPITATING THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A WEAK SHORTWAVE EXTENDING FROM THE LOW IN THE ARCTIC WILL MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHERN INTERIOR ON THURSDAY THEN RIDGING WILL REDEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHEAST MAINLAND AND EASTERN INTERIOR BEGINNING FRIDAY AND EVENTUALLY COVER MOST OF MAINLAND ALASKA FROM THE BROOKS RANGE SOUTH. SURFACE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER SOUTHEAST ALASKA AND THE ALASKA PENINSULA THROUGH FRIDAY. THE THERMAL TROUGH OVER THE UPPER YUKON FLATS WILL REMAIN STATIONARY...BUT WEAKEN SIGNIFICANTLY AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES OVER THE AREA. ARCTIC COAST...UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE CHUKOTSK PENINSULA WILL TRACK TO THE EAST AND PRODUCE SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS OVER THE NORTHWEST COAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE BROOKS RANGE ON THURSDAY AS SHORTWAVE FROM UPPER LOW SLIDES TO THE EAST OVER THE AREA. WEST COAST AND WESTERN INTERIOR...FRONTAL BOUNDARY ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LOW OVER THE CHUKOTSK PENINSULA PRODUCING SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER THE SEWARD PENINSULA AND THE NORTHWEST COAST OF ALASKA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SHORTWAVE PROGRESSING EASTWARD WILL PUSH THE RAIN SHOWERS INTO ZONE 216 AND 217 ON THURSDAY. CENTRAL AND EASTERN INTERIOR...THE UPPER LEVEL LOW NEAR THE ALCAN BORDER WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE RAIN HEAVY AT TIMES FOR PARTS OF THE MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY...FORTY MILE COUNTRY AND THE EASTERN ALASKA RANGE. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OVER THE UPPER CHENA AND UPPER SALCHA RIVER BASINS...AS WELL AS THE BIRCH CREEK BASIN AND EASTERN ALASKA RANGE INCLUDING THE DENALI PARK AREA. THE HIGHEST RAINFALL TOTALS WILL FALL WEST OF THE RICHARDSON HIGHWAY. DRYER CONDITIONS AND WARMER TEMPERATURES FOR THE INTERIOR BEGINNING LATE THURSDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE WEEKEND. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE. FIRE WEATHER...WETTING RAINS OVER MUCH OF THE INTERIOR WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. DRYER AND WARMER CONDITIONS EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND FOR MUCH OF THE INTERIOR. HYDROLOGY...FLOOD WATCHES HAVE BEEN UPGRADED TO WARNINGS FOR INTERIOR LOCATIONS. SEE THOSE PRODUCTS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN OVER A BROAD AREA OF THE EASTERN ALASKA RANGE FROM DENALI PARK EAST AND FORTYMILE COUNTRY EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. A FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE BIRCH CREEK BASIN. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WATCH FOR AKZ222-AKZ223-AKZ224. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ220. && JK JUL 14
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
203 PM AKDT TUE JUL 01 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0202 PM HEAVY RAIN 4 NNW NORTH POLE 64.80N 147.41W
07/01/2014 M1.39 INCH AK TRAINED SPOTTER
STORM TOTAL RAINFALL THUS FAR MEASURED AT 2PM.
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LHUBERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
207 PM AKDT TUE JUL 01 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0206 PM HEAVY RAIN 5 E FAIRBANKS 64.84N 147.48W
07/01/2014 M0.94 INCH AK NWS EMPLOYEE
STORM TOTAL RAINFALL THUS FAR MEASURED AT 2 PM IN THE
ARCTIC SWAN DIVISION.
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LHUBERThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
This event is for the Upper Chena River.
This event is for the Upper Chena River.
This event is for the Little Chena River.
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