Excessive snow melt caused flooding on the Kuparuk river at Kuparuk June 1st into June 2nd. The roads in Kuparuk were flooded with 18 inches of water at the height of the flooding, according to security personnel.
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The episode as NWS AFG wrote it up.
Excessive snow melt caused flooding on the Kuparuk river at Kuparuk June 1st into June 2nd. The roads in Kuparuk were flooded with 18 inches of water at the height of the flooding, according to security personnel. The water level dropped on the afternoon of the 1st. Damaged amount is estimated for road repair as no structures were impacted.
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 May 31, 4:42 AM AKST, 19 hours 18 minutes earlier.
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 542 AM AKDT SAT MAY 31 2014 .DISCUSSION... MODELS ONLY IN AGREEMENT THROUGH ABOUT 24 TO 30 HOURS. UPPER LEVEL NEAR KODIAK ISLAND WHILE SURFACE LOW HAS SPUN ITSELF TO UP JUST SOUTH OF RUBY. OCCLUDED FRONT IMPACTING THE NORTH GULF GULF COAST THIS MORNING BEFORE IT MOVES NORTH TO THE NEAR THE BROOKS RANGE BY LATE TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM IS ADVERTISED TO HAVE A TON OF MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH IT. THIS HAS TO POTENTIAL TO HAVE A SEVERAL PLACES THAT COULD SEE A LARGE AREA OF A LOT OF RAIN THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE STATE. THIS WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE ARCTIC COAST AS WELL WITH RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW. THE TEMPERATURES STATING MAKING A COME BACK BY MID WEEK AND THE INTERIOR BEGINS TO HEAT UP ONCE BEHIND THESE FRONTS AGAIN BUT THIS TIME THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY COLDER AIR TO FILL IN BEHIND IT THIS TIME. STRONG WINDS THROUGH THE ALASKA RANGE PASSES WITH THE CHINOOK FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY FOR SURE AND THEN BEGIN TO DIMINISH FROM THE WEST BY LATE SAT NIGHT OR EARLY SUN. && .FIRE WEATHER... RH VALUES WILL BE LOW AGAIN TODAY AND RED FLAGS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE ALASKA RANGE ZONES AS THE WINDS HAVE SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED. && .HYDROLOGY...VARIOUS FLOOD ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SONES 203...204...205, && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ223-AKZ225-AKZ226-AKZ227. RED FLAG WARNING FOR AKZ223-AKZ225-AKZ226. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ210. BRISK WIND ADVISORY FOR PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230-PKZ235-PKZ240- PKZ245. && MAY 14
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1224 AM AKDT SUN JUN 01 2014
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1000 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG 3 E FAIRBANKS 64.84N 147.55W
05/31/2014 AK NWS EMPLOYEE
TALL SPRUCE TREE BLOWN DOWN DURING THE DAY AT THE
INTERSECTION OF RIVER ROAD AND TRAINER GATE ROAD ON FORT
WAINWRIGHT. LOOKS LIKE IT MAY HAVE DONE SOME DAMAGE TO
ONE OF THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS. WESTBOUND TRAFFIC ON THE RIVER
ROAD WAS REROUTED AROUND TO ACCESS THE GATE.
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LHUBERThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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