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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
600 AM ADT FRI AUG 1 2003

...FLOODING IN ALASKA'S INTERIOR...

RUNOFF FROM THE PAST 6 DAYS HEAVY RAINS IS WORKING ITS WAY DOWN
THE LOWER TANANA AND THE CHENA RIVER BASINS. THE RAIN ON
WEDNESDAY HAS CAUSED SECONDARY CRESTS ON SOME RIVERS...INCLUDING
THE CHATANIKA...THE UPPER CHENA AND THE LITTLE CHENA RIVERS.

OVERALL...FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED IN MOST OF THE REGION...EXCEPT
FOR AREAS WHERE RUNOFF OVER FLAT LANDS TAKES SEVERAL DAYS TO FLOW
AWAY.

A BIT MORE RAIN IS LIKELY TODAY...BUT AMOUNTS WILL BE TOO SMALL
TO BRING STREAM AND RIVER LEVELS BACK UP. THE RAIN WILL ONLY 
SLIGHTLY SLOW THE RATE AT WHICH RIVER STAGES FALL.

...THE CHENA RIVER...

...FLOOD WARNING FOR THE CHENA RIVER NEAR STEAMBOAT LANDING      
   SUBDIVISION THROUGH SATURDAY...

FLOODING WILL CONTINUE NORTH OF NORTH POLE IN THE STEAMBOAT
LANDING AREA AND ALONG FREEMAN ROAD THROUGH SATURDAY AND MAYBE
LONGER. ALTHOUGH THE CHENA RIVER IS CRESTING UPSTREAM...IT WILL
TAKE SOME TIME FOR THE CREST ON THE RIVER TO MAKE IT DOWN PAST
CHENA LAKES. ABOVE THE DAM...THE CHENA RIVER WAS NEARING ITS 
SECONDARY CREST AS OF 4AM FRIDAY. 

THE SECONDARY CREST ON THE UPPER CHENA RIVER HAS MOVED THROUGH
THE STRETCH NEAR MILE 40 CHENA HOT SPRINGS ROAD AND THE RIVER IS
NOW FALLING. STATE PARKS PERSONNEL REPORTED THAT THERE WAS A 
FOOT OF WATER FLOWING OVER THE ROAD AT 37.5 MILE CHENA HOT 
SPRINGS ROAD THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE ROAD WAS OPEN AND PASSABLE
BY TRUCK...BUT PASSAGE WOULD BE DANGEROUS FOR A SMALL CAR. WATER 
LEVELS WILL REMAIN HIGH THROUGH SATURDAY. 

THERE WILL BE NO FLOODING ALONG THE CHENA RIVER IN DOWNTOWN
FAIRBANKS. AT 4 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE ON THE CHENA RIVER REMAINED
9.2 FEET...WELL BELOW THE FLOOD STAGE OF 12 FEET.

...THE TANANA RIVER...

...THE FLOOD WARNING FOR THE TANANA RIVER FROM BELOW NENANA TO THE    
   YUKON RIVER CONTINUES THROUGH FRIDAY...

HIGH WATER CONTINUES TO MOVE DOWN THE TANANA RIVER BELOW NENANA.
THURSDAY MORNINGS RIVER STAGE ON THE RIVER AT MANLEY HOT SPRINGS
WAS WITHIN 6 INCHES OF FLOOD STAGE AND THE RIVER WAS STILL RISING.
THE CREST SHOULD REACH MANLEY LATE TODAY OR TONIGHT. SOME 
FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG THE LOWER TANANA RIVER THROUGH FRIDAY.

A RIVER FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
PEOPLE IN THE AFFECTED AREA SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT
LIVES AND PROPERTY.

THE NEXT RIVER FLOOD STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 4 PM FRIDAY
OR SOONER IF NEEDED.

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RT JUL 03