AKZ214-215-202000-
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/00000.0.IJ.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
YUKON DELTA AK-LOWER YUKON VALLEY AK-
1125 AM AKDT TUE MAY 19 2009
...THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM AKDT WEDNESDAY
FOR THE YUKON RIVER FROM RUSSIAN MISSION TO PILOT STATION...
HIGH WATER ASSOCIATED WITH SPRING BREAKUP IS CAUSING FLOODING ALONG
THE YUKON RIVER BETWEEN RUSSIAN MISSION AND PILOT STATIONS. ICE JAMS ARE
BACKING UP WATER IN SOME AREAS. AS OF MONDAY LATE AFTERNOON THERE
WAS STILL CONSIDERABLE ICE IN THE YUKON AS FAR AS 30 MILES UPRIVER
FROM RUSSIAN MISSION.
AS OF TUESDAY MORNING AT RUSSIAN MISSION..THE RUNWAY OF THE AIRPORT
WAS UNDER WATER AND SEVERAL HOUSES ARE SURROUNDED BY WATER. AT
MARSHALL...THE AIRPORT REMAINS ACCESSIBLE ONLY BY BOAT. WATER WAS
BEGINNING TO COME OVER BANK AT THE LOWER END OF TOWN. WATER REMAINED
BELOW BANKFULL AT PILOT STATION AND LARGELY CLEAR OF ICE. AN ICE RUN IS
PROBABLY HELD UP AT DOG TOOTH BEND...ABOUT 5 MILES UPRIVER OF PILOT
STATION.
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. WATER
LEVELS CAN RISE RAPIDLY AND PEOPLE ALONG THE RIVER ARE ENCOURAGED TI
MOVE PROPERTY TO HIGHER GROUND AWAY FROM THE RIVER BANK.
LAT...LON 6203 16228 6169 16176 6172 16150 6182 16144
6195 16129 6194 16101 6175 16113 6161 16122
6146 16205 6157 16231 6181 16276 6193 16301
6203 16273
$$
WGAK89PAFG_AKZ215.13479
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AKZ215-200230-
/O.CON.PAFG.FA.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-090520T0230Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LOWER YUKON VALLEY AK-
439 PM AKDT MON MAY 18 2009
...THE FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM AKDT TUESDAY FOR
LOWER YUKON VALLEY FROM GRAYLING TO ANVIK...
HIGH WATER ASSOCIATED WITH BREAKUP CONTINUES TO CAUSE MINOR FLOODING
IN THE VILLAGES OF GRAYLING AND ANVIK. AN ICE JAM UPSTREAM OF
GRAYLING RELEASED SATURDAY NIGHT AND THE ICE AND HIGH WATER
ASSOCIATED WITH THAT JAM ARE STILL FLOODING ROADS IN GRAYLING AND
ANVIK EVEN THOUGH THE ICE RUN HAS PASSED DOWNSTREAM. LEVELS WERE
STILL HIGH LATE MONDAY MORNING AND WILL FALL VERY SLOWLY OVER THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.
THE ROAD TO THE AIRPORT IN GRAYLING AND THE FRONTAGE ROAD ON THE
RIVER AT ANVIK WILL CONTINUE TO BE INUNDATED UNTIL THE HIGH WATER ON
THE YUKON RIVER SUBSIDES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED OR PONDING
OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.
&&
LAT...LON 6290 16024 6290 16000 6272 15985 6254 16030
$$
FPAK52PAFG_AKZ215
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AKZ215-200530-
LOWER YUKON VALLEY-
INCLUDING...MARSHALL...RUSSIAN MISSION...HOLY CROSS...GRAYLING...
SHAGELUK...ANVIK..FLAT
456 AM AKDT TUE MAY 19 2009
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE YUKON RIVER FROM RUSSIAN
MISSION TO PILOT STATION UNTIL 530 PM AKDT WEDNESDAY...
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM AKDT TUESDAY FOR THE
YUKON RIVER FROM GRAYLING TO ANVIK...
.TODAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. AREAS OF FOG IN THE MORNING. SCATTERED
RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED SPRINKLES IN
THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS 45 TO 50. SOUTH WINDS TO 10 MPH.
.TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SPRINKLES...OR FLURRIES AFTER
MIDNIGHT. AREAS OF FOG. LOWS 30 TO 35. LIGHT WINDS.
.WEDNESDAY...AREAS OF FOG IN THE MORNING. MOSTLY CLOUDY.
SCATTERED SPRINKLES. HIGHS 50 TO 55. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 35 TO 40. NORTH WINDS 5 TO
15 MPH.
.THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS 55 TO 60. NORTH WINDS AROUND
10 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS NEAR 40.
.FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS NEAR 60.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS NEAR 40.
.SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN. HIGHS NEAR 60.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS NEAR 45.
.SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS NEAR 60.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS NEAR 40.
.MEMORIAL DAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS NEAR 60.
&&
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
ANVIK 46 35 53 / 20 0 0
$$
Derived from FPAK52PAFG - Updated 11:46 05/19/2009