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YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS AK-
357 PM AKDT WED MAY 22 2013

...THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM AKDT THURSDAY 
FOR THE YUKON RIVER AT FORT YUKON...

AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE WEDNESDAY INDICATED A PORTION OF THE ICE JAM 
12 MILES UPRIVER FROM FORT YUKON HAS RELEASED AND SOME WATER IS 
DRAINING AROUND THE ICE JAM. MINOR FLOODING OF FORT YUKON IS
STILL OCCURRING BUT WATER LEVELS WERE DROPPING WEDNESDAY. ICE 
STILL REMAINS INTACT JUST DOWN RIVER FROM FORT YUKON THAT COULD 
CAUSE AN ADDITIONAL ICE JAM AND MORE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WEDNESDAY 
EVENING OR THURSDAY. 

RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO MONITOR THE SITUATION AND CONTINUE TO BE 
ALERT FOR CHANGES IN RIVER LEVELS. THEY SHOULD ACT NOW TO PROTECT 
LIVES AND PROPERTY.  

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. WATER 
LEVELS CAN RISE RAPIDLY AND PEOPLE ALONG THE RIVER ARE ENCOURAGED TO 
MOVE PROPERTY TO HIGHER GROUND AWAY FROM THE RIVER BANK.

LAT...LON 6656 14556 6660 14528 6646 14486 6641 14516

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YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS-
INCLUDING...FORT YUKON...VENETIE...CENTRAL...CIRCLE...
STEVENS VILLAGE...BEAVER...CHALKYITSIK...BIRCH CREEK...
CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS...EAGLE SUMMIT...TWELVEMILE SUMMIT
305 PM AKDT WED MAY 22 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

* THE RIVER WATCH TEAM REPORTS THAT ICE IS STARTING TO SHIFT AND
  STRETCHES OF RIVER ARE OPENING UP ON THE YUKON RIVER UPSTREAM OF
  BEAVER...AND THAT THE WATER LEVEL IS COMING UP. THERE IS ALSO A
  5 MILE LONG LEAD DOWNRIVER FROM BEAVER AT THE MOUTH OF THE
  HODZANA RIVER. AN ICE JAM REMAINS 12 MILES UPSTREAM OF FORT
  YUKON ALTHOUGH WATER IS MOVING AROUND THAT JAM. THE BREAK UP
  FRONT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DOWNRIVER PAST BEAVER...STEVENS
  VILLAGE...AND RAMPART BETWEEN TODAY AND FRIDAY.

* IF AN ICE JAM FORMS AS THE BREAK UP FRONT MOVES PAST THEN WATER
  LEVELS COULD RISE RAPIDLY AND FLOODING COULD OCCUR AT BEAVER...
  STEVENS VILLAGE...AND RAMPART BETWEEN NOW AND FRIDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

RESIDENTS ALONG THE RIVER BETWEEN BEAVER...STEVENS VILLAGE...AND
RAMPART SHOULD MONITOR RIVER CONDITIONS AND TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO
PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. WATER LEVELS CAN RISE VERY QUICKLY IF
AN ICE JAM OCCURS.

&&

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YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS-
INCLUDING...FORT YUKON...VENETIE...CENTRAL...CIRCLE...STEVENS
VILLAGE...BEAVER...CHALKYITSIK...BIRCH CREEK...CIRCLE HOT
SPRINGS...EAGLE SUMMIT...TWELVEMILE SUMMIT
448 PM AKDT WED MAY 22 2013

...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM AKDT THURSDAY
FOR THE YUKON RIVER AT FORT YUKON...

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

.TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE 30S. LIGHT WINDS. 
.THURSDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY FROM FORT YUKON NORTHEAST. PARTLY CLOUDY
ELSEWHERE WITH ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS AFTER NOON. HIGHS IN THE
LOWER TO MID 60S. LIGHT WINDS. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
EVENING. LOWS IN THE MID 30S TO LOWER 40S. WEST WINDS TO 10 MPH. 
.FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS SOUTH AND EAST OF FORT
YUKON AFTER NOON...WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE HILLS
FROM CENTRAL WEST. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. LIGHT WINDS. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS SOUTH AND
EAST OF FORT YUKON IN THE EVENING. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S TO LOWER
40S. NORTHEAST WINDS TO 10 MPH. 
.SATURDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OVER THE HILLS
SOUTH OF THE YUKON RIVER AFTER NOON. HIGHS AROUND 70. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MEMORIAL DAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE
MID 40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S.  
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 50. HIGHS
IN THE MID 70S.  
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID
40S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.

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               TEMPERATURE      /    PRECIPITATION
FORT YUKON   37   66   41   68  /   0    0    0    0 

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