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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
157 PM AKDT WED JUL 27 2016


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ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND BERING STRAIT COAST-
INCLUDING...GAMBELL...SAVOONGA...BREVIG MISSION...TELLER...
WALES...DIOMEDE
157 PM AKDT WED JUL 27 2016

..FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FAIRBANKS HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR THE BERING STRAIT COAST.

* FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING

* HEAVY RAINFALL IS FORECAST FOR THE AREA BEGINNING FRIDAY
  MORNING AND EXTENDING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. FORECAST
  RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES WITH THE POSSIBILITY
  OF LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS.

* SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS WILL RISE TO BANKFULL OR OVERBANK
  FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY MORNING FOLLOWED BY SIGNIFICANT
  RISES ON THE LARGER RIVERS. MINOR FLOODING IN POSSIBLE IN LOW
  LYING AREAS IN THIS REGION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

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