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HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
607 AM AKDT TUE JUL 5 2011
...HIGH WATER LEVELS ON THE SALCHA RIVER...
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND AN INCH FELL ACROSS THE SALCHA BASIN
SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY MORNING. THIS RAIN FELL ON ALREADY
SATURATED GROUND FROM RAINFALL EARLIER LAST WEEK. THE RECENT RAINFALL
IS CAUSING HIGH WATER LEVELS ON THE SALCHA RIVER. THE GAGE AT THE
RICHARDSON HIGHWAY BRIDGE WAS AT 12.7 FEET AS OF 6 AM THIS
MORNING. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST BELOW FLOOD STAGE OF 14
FEET LATER TODAY. THE HIGH WATER LEVELS MAY CAUSE SOME MINOR
OVERLAND FLOODING IN SPOTS ALONG THE LOWER SALCHA RIVER TODAY.
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