A strong weather front moved across the Brooks range dropping 1 to 2 inches of rain over the Koyukuk River headwaters. A trained river observer at Wiseman reported the middle fork of the Koyukuk river was coming over its banks during the morning hours of the 15th.
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A strong weather front moved across the Brooks range dropping 1 to 2 inches of rain over the Koyukuk River headwaters. A trained river observer at Wiseman reported the middle fork of the Koyukuk river was coming over its banks during the morning hours of the 15th. The State of Alaska Department of Transportation reported water on the road of the Dalton Highway between milepost 228 and 232 on the 15th.
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 14, 10:39 AM AKST, 7 hours 41 minutes earlier.
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1139 AM AKDT MON JUL 14 2014 .DISCUSSION... UPPER AIR... CURRENT MODELS ARE INDICATING AN ACTIVE PROGRESSIVE FLOW PATTERN OVER THE FORECAST AREAS FOR THE NEXT WEEK. A DEEP UPPER LOW CENTER...535 DAM AT 500 MB...400 MILES NORTH OF DEADHORSE WILL MOVE TO THE WESTERN CANADIAN ARCHIPELAGO BY WED AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE ON EASTWARD THROUGH THU. A SHORT WAVE SWINGING AROUND THE UPPER LOW WILL SWEEP ACROSS NORTHERN ALASKA TODAY AND TONIGHT...REACHING THE ALCAN BORDER LATE TONIGHT. AFTER THE UPPER LOW AND SHORT WAVE EXIT TO THE EAST...NORTHERN ALASKA WILL BE UNDER A LIGHTER WESTERLY FLOW PATTERN TUE AFTERNOON THROUGH WED AFTERNOON...WITH A WEAK RIPPLE IN THE FLOW SCOOTING EASTWARD ACROSS THE INTERIOR. THE NEXT SHORT WAVE TROUGH IS NOW CENTERED OVER THE NEW SIBERIAN ISLANDS IN RUSSIA...ABOUT 1000 MILES NORTHWEST OF BARROW. THIS SHORT WAVE IS PROGGED TO STRENGTHEN INTO A DEEPENING UPPER LOW CENTER OVER THE WESTERN BEAUFORT SEA BY WED AFTERNOON...WITH A TROUGH EXTENDING SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE CHUKCHI SEA. THIS UPPER LOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TO ABOUT 200 MILES NORTH OF BARROW BY THU AFTERNOON...USING A MEAN POSITION OF THE GFS AND ECMWF PROGS. BY SAT AFTERNOON...MODEL SOLUTIONS DIVERGE BUT BOTH SUGGEST A LONG WAVE THROUGH POSITION OVER NORTHERN ALASKA. A COOL MOIST WESTERLY FLOW APPEARS LIKELY OVER NORTHERN ALASKA FOR DAYS 5-7. SURFACE... A 999 MB LOW 350 MILES NORTH OF DEADHORSE WILL MOVE TO 200 MILES NORTH OF BANKS ISLAND BY TUE AFTERNOON...THEN REMAINING NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH WED AFTERNOON. A 996 MB LOW OVER EAST CENTRAL SIBERIA...ABOUT 700 MILES WEST OF WRANGEL ISLAND...DEEPENING TO A 998 MB CENTER ABOUT 50-75 MILES NORTH OF WAINWRIGHT BY WED AFTERNOON. GFS AND ECMWF POSITIONS AND CENTRAL PRESSURE FAIRLY CLOSE AT 00Z THU...WILL GO WITH MEAN POSITION. THIS LOW CENTER LIKELY TO DEEPEN A FEW MB AND MOVE A LITTLE FARTHER EAST BY THU AFTERNOON...BUT THERE IS MORE SPREAD IN MODEL POSITIONS. BRISK WINDS...INITIALLY WEST THEN SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST... LIKELY ALONG THE ARCTIC COAST AS THE LOW TRACKS EASTWARD ACROSS THE BEAUFORT SEA. BRISK WINDS WITH THIS SYSTEM LIKELY BEGINNING ON THE NORTHWEST COAST AND ADJACENT MARINE AREAS LATE WED NIGHT...THEN SPREADING EASTWARD. EASTWARD MOVING WEATHER FRONT AND BAND OF MOIST AIR IS GENERATING RAIN OVER THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PARTS OF THE WESTERN INTERIOR...NULATO HILLS...AND CENTRAL/WESTERN BROOKS RANGE.RAIN SPREADING ACROSS MOST OF THE EASTERN INTERIOR AND BROOKS RANGE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4... WILL NEED TO MONITOR POTENTIAL FOR ELEVATED SURF AND BEACH EROSION ALONG THE NORTHWEST COAST FROM WAINWRIGHT TO CAPE LISBURNE DUE TO BRISK WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED. THE FETCH FOR WESTERLY WINDS IS QUITE LONG BUT BECOMES CONSIDERABLY LESS FOR NORTHWEST WINDS...CURRENT ICE GRIDS HAVE THE ICE EDGE EXTENDING FROM NORTH OF WAINWRIGHT WESTWARD TO SOUTH OF WRANGEL ISLAND. && .FIRE WEATHER... MIN RH REMAINING ABOVE 30 PERCENT. WETTING RAINS EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE CENTRAL/EASTERN INTERIOR AND BROOKS RANGE OVER THE CENTRAL/NORTHERN PARTS OF THE WESTERN INTERIOR. && .HYDROLOGY... 1-2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE NORTHERN NULATO HILLS SINCE SUN. 1-2 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER THE KOKRINE HILLS AND NORTHERN KUSKOKWIM MOUNTAINS THROUGH TUE. LOCAL AMOUNTS TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE. A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THESE AREAS. WHILE RAIN HAS ALSO OCCURRED OVER THE FLATLAND AREAS IN THE CENTRAL/NORTHERN PARTS OF THE WESTERN INTERIOR...NO FLOOD ISSUES ARE EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS ALTHOUGH GENERAL RISES ON THE LARGER RIVERS WILL LIKELY EVENTUALLY OCCUR. IN THE MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY...ABOUT AN INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN TOPOGRAPHICALLY FAVORABLE AREAS. THIS SHOULD PRODUCE ELEVATED RIVER STAGES BUT NO FLOODING IS EXPECTED. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...PKZ200-PKZ210-PKZ220-PKZ225. SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY...AKZ210-AKZ212-AKZ216-AKZ221-AKZ227. && RF JUL 14
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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