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HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL COORDINATION MESSAGE
ALASKA-PACIFIC RIVER FORECAST CENTER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
133 PM AKDT Thu Oct 26 2017

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CONTACT:
Celine Van Breukelen  266-5161     350-9219 (CELL PHONE AFTER 5 PM)
HAS DESK  266-5164         HAS CELL PHONE 350-9221

LOCATION:

PRODUCT TYPE: Small Streams Advisory

EXPIRATION TIME: Friday evening

PRIMARY CAUSE: Rainfall and rising freezing levels

REASON FOR WARNING/ADVISORY:

From Thursday afternoon through Friday evening

* A moist weather front with sub-tropical moisture will move 
  into the Eastern Gulf of Alaska on Thursday. Heavy rain began 
  spreading over the area Thursday morning and will persist through 
  Friday afternoon. Rain amounts will range from 2 inches near 
  Haines to over 7 inches near Pelican. 

* The persistent heavy rain will saturate the soils and combine
  with rising freezing levels to melt high elevation snow
  resulting in the potential to produce significant runoff. The
  runoff will cause significant fast rises on small creeks and 
  streams and could produce some flooding. At this time the 
  highest rain rates will be from Thursday afternoon through 
  Friday afternoon. 

* Rivers and streams in the central panhandle such as the Indian River 
  in Sitka and Montana Creek in Juneau may reach bankfull stage 
  Friday morning.



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