A weather system moving west over the area brought over 2 inches of rain across the Chena River Basin on the 1st through the 2nd of September 2014. 7 feet at 0400AKST on the 3rd.
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The episode as NWS AFG wrote it up.
A weather system moving west over the area brought over 2 inches of rain across the Chena River Basin on the 1st through the 2nd of September 2014. |The Chena River at Two Rivers crested at 19.7 feet at 0400AKST on the 3rd.
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 Sep 2, 4:14 AM AKST, 5 hours 31 minutes earlier.
NORTHERN ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 514 AM AKDT TUE SEP 2 2014 .DISCUSSION... MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH ROUGHLY 48 HOURS. MAIN UPPER LEVEL LOW NORTH OF POINT LAY WILL MOVE TO NORTH OF DEMARCATION POINT BY WED AFTERNOON. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW HAS SPAWNED A FEW SURFACE LOWS AND IS CURRENTLY VERTICALLY STACKED. SECONDARY SURFACE LOWS ARE JUST NORTH OF MACKENZIE BAY AND ANOTHER ONE NEAR ARCTIC VILLAGE. FROM THE MACKENZIE BAY LOW AND BACK TO THE ARCTIC VILLAGE LOW EXTENDS A SIGNIFICANT COLD FRONT. THE LOWER LEVEL JET IS RIGHT WITH THE COLD FRONT AND THIS BRINGING IN TONS OF MOISTURE TO THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE STATE WHICH HAS ALREADY PROVIDED IN SOME PLACES UP NEAR 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL. ONE INCH PLUS AMOUNTS ARE VERY COMMON FROM THE ALASKA RANGE NORTH THROUGH FAIRBANKS. MEANWHILE VERY SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IN THE BROOKS RANGE HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR THE PAST 24 TO 36 HOURS. SNOWFALL MODELS ARE DOING A VERY POOR JOB OVERALL BUT MAY HAVE A BETTER HANDLE ON THE BROOKS RANGE THAN OTHER LOCATIONS IS THE BEST GUESS AT THIS POINT WITH NOT MUCH DATA AVAILABLE. WINDS OVER THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE STATE WILL CONTINUE TO BE GUSTY THROUGH TUESDAY HOWEVER AT THIS POINT THE WINDS HAVE FAILED TO BE REALIZED AT MOST OF THE VALLEY LEVEL LOCATIONS. THE HIGHER LEVEL LOCATIONS ARE SEEING INCREASED WINDS BUT SO FAR NOT TO THE POINT AS ORIGINALLY BELIEVED THEY WOULD BE AT THE VALLEY. COASTAL HAZARD POTENTIAL DAYS 3 AND 4...NONE && .HYDROLOGY...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PORTION OF NORTHERN ALASKA WILL CAUSE RIVERS TO RISE AND SOME WILL LIKELY REACH FLOOD STAGE. THE RIVERS HAVE BEGUN TO REGISTER THE UPWARD TREND AS OF TUE MORNING. && .AFG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FOR AKZ220-AKZ221-AKZ222. HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR AKZ201-AKZ202. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR AKZ206. FLOOD WATCH FOR AKZ222-AKZ224. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AKZ218-AKZ225. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR PKZ215-PKZ220-PKZ225-PKZ230-PKZ235- PKZ240-PKZ245. && CF SEP 14
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
756 AM AKDT TUE SEP 02 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 AM HEAVY RAIN 8 WNW ESTER 64.92N 148.27W
09/02/2014 M2.38 INCH AK NWS EMPLOYEE
SINCE NOON MONDAY
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 N NORTH POLE 64.78N 147.37W
09/02/2014 M1.13 INCH AK TRAINED SPOTTER
SINCE NOON MONDAY
0720 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 W TWO RIVERS 64.87N 147.17W
09/02/2014 M1.81 INCH AK TRAINED SPOTTER
SINCE NOON MONDAY
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PWEIMERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
802 AM AKDT TUE SEP 02 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 AM HEAVY RAIN 8 WNW ESTER 64.92N 148.27W
09/02/2014 M2.38 INCH AK NWS EMPLOYEE
SINCE NOON MONDAY KEYSTONE RIDGE COOP
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 N NORTH POLE 64.78N 147.37W
09/02/2014 M1.13 INCH AK TRAINED SPOTTER
SINCE NOON MONDAY NORTH POLE W 7TH
0720 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 W TWO RIVERS 64.87N 147.17W
09/02/2014 M1.81 INCH AK TRAINED SPOTTER
SINCE NOON MONDAY 14MILE CHSR
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PWEIMERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
842 AM AKDT TUE SEP 02 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 AM HEAVY RAIN 6 NW MOOSE CREEK 64.78N 147.27W
09/02/2014 M1.37 INCH AK NWS EMPLOYEE
NORTH POLE WOODSMOKE. RAIN TOTAL SINCE NOON YESTERDAY.
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METZGERThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
This event is for the Upper Chena River.
This event is for the Upper Chena River.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alaska in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, September 2014
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 539390, 539391.