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WGAK69PAFG_AKZ220
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AKZ220-241300-
/O.CON.PAFG.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-130525T0000Z/
/00000.0.IJ.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS-
INCLUDING...FORT YUKON...VENETIE...CENTRAL...CIRCLE...
STEVENS VILLAGE...BEAVER...CHALKYITSIK...BIRCH CREEK...
CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS...EAGLE SUMMIT...TWELVEMILE SUMMIT
852 PM AKDT THU MAY 23 2013

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR
THE YUKON RIVER FROM BEAVER TO RAMPART...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* THE YUKON RIVER FROM BEAVER TO RAMPART

* THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON

* AS OF 4 PM THURSDAY...AN ICE JAM REMAINS IN PLACE AT THE MOUTH
  OF HODZANA SLOUGH APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES DOWNRIVER FROM BEAVER.
  ICE IS SHIFTING AND MOVING ON THE YUKON RIVER BETWEEN THE ICE
  JAM AND THE DALTON HIGHWAY BRIDGE. SOME SHIFTING OF ICE HAS ALSO
  BEEN OBSERVED AT RAMPART.

* A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WATER IS BACKING UP BEHIND THE ICE JAM
  AT HODZANA SLOUGH CAUSING MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.
  WATER LEVELS ARE ALSO SLOWLY RISING AT BEAVER BUT THE RIVER
  LEVEL REMAINS BELOW FLOOD STAGE. WATER LEVELS AT BEAVER WILL
  CONTINUE TO RISE AND THERE IS A THREAT OF FLOODING UNTIL THE ICE
  JAM RELEASES.

  ADDITIONAL ICE JAMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM STEVENS VILLAGE TO RAMPART
  AND MAY RESULT IN FLOODING AS WELL. IF AN ICE JAM FORMS...WATER
  LEVELS COULD RISE RAPIDLY AND FLOODING COULD OCCUR IN THIS AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO
FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING
DEVELOP.

&&

$$
FPAK53PAFG_AKZ220
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AKZ220-241900-
YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS-
INCLUDING...FORT YUKON...VENETIE...CENTRAL...CIRCLE...STEVENS
VILLAGE...BEAVER...CHALKYITSIK...BIRCH CREEK...CIRCLE HOT
SPRINGS...EAGLE SUMMIT...TWELVEMILE SUMMIT
750 PM AKDT THU MAY 23 2013

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE YUKON
RIVER FROM BEAVER TO RAMPART...

...FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE YUKON RIVER AT FORT
YUKON...
.TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS OVER THE HILLS
SOUTH OF THE YUKON RIVER IN THE EVENING. LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER
30S. LIGHT WINDS.  
.FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS OVER THE HILLS
SOUTH OF THE YUKON RIVER AFTER NOON. HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER
60S. LIGHT WINDS.  
.FRIDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S TO LOWER 40S.
NORTHEAST WINDS TO 10 MPH.  
.SATURDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS OVER THE HILLS
SOUTH OF THE YUKON RIVER AFTER NOON. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S TO
LOWER 70S. NORTHEAST WINDS TO 10 MPH.  
.SATURDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
EVENING. LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MID 40S. NORTHEAST WINDS TO 10 MPH.
.SUNDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.   
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MEMORIAL DAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID
40S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.  
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 50. HIGHS
IN THE MID 70S.   
.TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 40S.   
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID
70S. LOWS IN THE MID 40S.

&&
               TEMPERATURE      /    PRECIPITATION
FORT YUKON   39   66   42   70  /   0    0    0    0 

$$

Derived from FPAK53PAFG - Updated 04:10 05/24/2013


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