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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
126 PM AKDT FRI AUG 1 2008
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126 PM AKDT FRI AUG 1 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLOOD WARNING FOR THE TANANA RIVER FROM FAIRBANKS TO MANLEY HOT
  SPRINGS
* UNTIL 1200 PM AKDT SUNDAY
* FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG THE TANANA RIVER FROM FAIRBANKS
  DOWNSTREAM TO NENANA. AT NOON FRIDAY THE STAGE OF THE TANANA
  RIVER AT NENANA WAS 14.4 FT. FLOOD STAGE IS 12 FT.
* THE FLOOD CREST IS EXPECTED TO MOVE PAST NENANA THIS
  AFTERNOON...AND THEN CONTINUE TO MOVE DOWNSTREAM AND 
  IMPACT THE TANANA RIVER FROM NENANA TO MANLEY HOT SPRINGS
  THROUGH NOON SUNDAY.
* AT THE MOUTH OF THE CHENA RIVER...THE TANANA RIVER IS STILL
  BACKING UP WATER INTO THE LOWER CHENA RIVER...BUT WATER IS
  RECEDING. SEVERAL PROPERTIES ADJACENT TO THE LOWER CHENA
  RIVER IN FAIRBANKS REMAIN FLOODED.
* IN THE PERKINS ROAD AREA...THE TANANA RIVER HAS DROPPED
  ALMOST 1.5 FEET SINCE IT CRESTED ON WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE
  TANANA RIVER IS STILL AROUND 1 FOOT ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AND IS
  EXPECTED TO REMAIN SO THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY. WATER IS
  SEVERAL FEET DEEP IN THIS AREA. MANY HOUSES HAVE BEEN FLOODED
  AND SOME ROADS ARE STILL IMPASSABLE. THE FLOOD CREST ON THE     
  TANANA RIVER IS THE HIGHEST WATER LEVEL RECORDED IN FAIRBANKS
  SINCE THE RECORD FLOODING OF AUGUST 1967.
* IN NENANA...THE TANANA RIVER WENT ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE
  WEDNESDAY EVENING AND THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST AROUND
  14.6 FEET FRIDAY AFTERNOON. PORTIONS OF NENANA ARE BEING
  FLOODED. AT 10 AM FRIDAY THE SHIP YARD ON THE WEST SIDE OF
  TOWN WAS UNDER 2 FEET OF WATER. A SECTION OF THE ALASKA 
  RAILROAD IS COVERED WITH AT LEAST 1 FOOT WATER. WATER IS
  BEGINNING TO RISE OUT OF DRAINAGE DITCHES IN  TOWN. THE
  TANANA RIVER IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE THE FLOOD STAGE OF
  12 FT IN NENANA THROUGH SUNDAY.
* FROM NENANA TO MANLEY HOT SPRINGS...THE TANANA RIVER IS NEAR
  BANK FULL OR RUNNING OVER BANK IN SOME LOCATIONS. WATER LEVELS
  WILL CONTINUE TO RISE DOWNSTREAM FROM NENANA AND CAUSE FLOODING
  ALONG THE TANANA RIVER. OLD MINTO AND SOME CABINS ALONG THIS
  STRETCH OF RIVER ARE LIKELY FLOODED. WATER LEVELS WILL RISE TO
  BANKFULL AT MANLEY HOT SPRINGS AND FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN LOW
  LYING AREAS ADJACENT TO THE TANANA RIVER IN THIS AREA.
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. TAKE
NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 6333 14648 6347 14654 6347 14759 6424 14787
      6421 14940 6480 14887 6468 14674 6373 14432
      6306 14448
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DJH AUG 08