WWAK88 PAVW 150021
SPSVWS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VALDEZ AK
421 PM AKDT FRI SEP 14 2012
AKZ131-150600-
NORTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND-
INCLUDING...VALDEZ...THOMPSON PASS
421 PM AKDT FRI SEP 14 2012
...SIGNIFICANT RAINS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE VALDEZ AND THOMPSON 
PASS AREA THIS WEEKEND...
A STRONG STORM WITH SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE 
VALDEZ AREA AND ALL OF NORTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND LATE SATURDAY
THROUGH SUNDAY.
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN IS EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MID
EVENING. RAINFALL INTENSITY WILL INCREASE BY MID TO LATE EVENING WITH
HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT SATURDAY THROUGH LATE 
AFTERNOON SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE 
POSSIBLE IN TOWN WITH UP TO 9 INCHES EXPECTED THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS. 
BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON THE MAIN FRONY IS EXPECTED TO HAVE MOVED 
THROUGH THE AREA.
RECENT COOL WEATHER HAS CAUSED GLACIAL STREAMS TO FALL
SIGNIFICANTLY BUT SMALL STREAMS WILL RESPOND VERY RAPIDLY..WITH
MINOR FLOODING AND URBAN DRAINAGE PROBLEMS LIKELY. 
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SE SEP 12