FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT THROUGH 1PM AKST TUESDAY FOR
THE TANANA RIVER AT SALCHA...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR ICE JAM FLOODING IN SALCHA INCLUDING THE
PILEDRIVER SLOUGH AREA
* UNTIL 100PM AKST TUESDAY
* AN ICE JAM CONTINUES TO HOLD ON THE TANANA RIVER JUST DOWNSTREAM
OF PILEDRIVER SLOUGH. ON SATURDAY NIGHT CITIZENS OF SALCHA AND NORTH
STAR BOROUGH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL REPORTED THAT WATER WAS
BACKING UP INTO THE SLOUGH AND COMING UP SOME ON TO THE BANKS OF THE
SLOUGH. AS OF SUNDAY EVENING...CITIZEN REPORTS INDICATED THAT WATER
LEVELS IN THE SLOUGH HAD COME DOWN A LITTLE. WHEN SUCH ICE JAMS FORM
ON THE MIDDLE TANANA RIVER DURING THE FALL SEASON...WATER LEVELS CAN
FLUCTUATE FROM LEVELS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE TO STAGES BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
IT CAN TAKE SEVERAL DAYS FOR THE ICE JAM TO LET LOOSE. FOR THIS
REASON THE FLOOD ADVISORY IS EXTENDED UNTIL 1PM TUESDAY.
* MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR THROUGH TUESDAY AND
PERHAPS LONGER IN SALCHA...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS NEAR
PILEDRIVER SLOUGH. LOCAL ROAD FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS EXTENDED THE
LAT...LON 6451 14699 6451 14674 6443 14673 6443 14693
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FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 440 PM AKST TO 645 PM AKST TUESDAY
FOR THE TANANA RIVER AT SALCHA...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR ICE JAM FLOODING IN SALCHA INCLUDING THE
PILEDRIVER SLOUGH AREA
* UNTIL 645 PM AKST TUESDAY
* AN ICE JAM ON THE TANANA RIVER REMAINS IN PLACE NEAR THE UPSTREAM
END OF PILEDRIVER SLOUGH. WATER LEVELS HAVE FALLEN A BIT TODAY...
BUT PILEDRIVER SLOUGH STILL IS CARRYING A LITTLE FLOW...AND A FEW
YARDS ARE FLOODED. THE SITUATION REMAINS DYNAMIC...WITH SOME
CHANNELS OF THE TANANA RIVER NEARLY ICE FREE...AND OTHERS CHOKED
WITH ICE. RAPID CHANGES IN WATER LEVEL OCCUR WHEN ICE JAMS FORM ON
THE TANANA RIVER...PARTICULARLY THIS TIME OF YEAR. AS OF MONDAY
AFTERNOON...NO ROADS OR DRIVEWAYS IN THE AREA WERE KNOWN TO BE
FLOODED. MORE SERIOUS FLOODING REMAINS POSSIBLE.
* MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY...AND
PROBABLY LONGER.
LAT...LON 6470 14718 6437 14651 6432 14698 6468 14748
$$
DJH NOV 09