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AKZ017-230100-
HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
545 AM AKST WED JAN 22 2014
...VERY HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...
A STRONG FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH AND BRING HEAVY RAIN TO THE
NORTHEAST GULF COAST THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. RIGHT NOW...THE
HEAVIEST RAIN WILL BE FROM YAKUTAT WESTWARD...WITH 8 TO 10 INCHES
OF RAIN EXPECTED BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING. THE YAKUTAT AREA WILL SEE
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
LATE THURSDAY EVENING AND CAUSE AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS TO RISE
SIGNIFICANTLY. LOCAL RIVERS AROUND THE YAKUTAT AREA ARE RUNNING
ABOVE NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR AND WITH THE FORECASTED RAINFALL
AMOUNTS THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THEY MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR
BANKS. THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING LATE
WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY MORNING THAT MAY PRODUCE SOME LOCALIZED
MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. PEOPLE IN THE YAKUTAT AREA WILL NEED
TO STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
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