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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK

212 PM ADT SAT JUL 2 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN ALASKA RANGE

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MINERAL LAKE...EAGLE TRAIL



  UPPER TANANA VALLEY AND THE FORTYMILE COUNTRY 

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TOK...TETLIN...TANACROSS...  

  NORTHWAY...ALCAN



* UNTIL 515 PM ADT



* AT 200 PM ADT...FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NORTHWAY

  VILLAGE...NORTHWAY JUNCTION AND MANSFIELD VILLAGE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE-HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA DURING THE NEXT THREE HOURS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 6360 14392 6309 14438 6136 14106 6370 14101



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