Flood Advisory
NWS Fairbanks AK ยท US
Details
Flood Advisory In Effect Until 845 AM AKDT Saturday
- Event
- Flood Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
Where
Chena River Basin from Moose Creek Dam to the end of Chena Hot Springs Road.
When
Until 845 AM AKDT Saturday.
Impacts
Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. Water over roadways. River or stream flows are elevated. Ponding of water in areas is occurring or is imminent.
Additional details
- At 1042 AM AKDT, gauge reports indicated heavy rain across the advisory area. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly, especially near Chena River. Between 1.5 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.25 inches are possible in the advisory area. - For Chena River below Hunts Creek near Two Rivers : At 10:00am the stage was 14.9 feet. Flood Stage is 17.2 feet. Forecast: A crest around 16.2 feet is expected at 10:00am Friday. - For Chena River below Moose Creek dam: At 10:00am the stage was 22.1 feet. Flood Stage is 24.5 feet. Forecast: A crest around 25.0 feet is expected at 4:00am Saturday. - For Chena River near Two Rivers: At 10:00am the stage was 19.4 feet. Flood Stage is 19.5 feet. Forecast: A crest around 20.1 feet is expected at 10:00pm Thursday. - Http://www.weather.gov/aprfc
Instructions
Stay tuned to further developments by listening to your local radio, television, or NOAA Weather Radio for further information. Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Affected areas
- Upper Chena River Valley
- Two Rivers
- Fairbanks Metro Area
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Fairbanks AK
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~19s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2RB3N0FRZG25X2B440SDT5S
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.3d991e734bb2074cb04dfee6b8190c7573b959b9.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Fairbanks AK
- AWIPS ID
- CAPAFG
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.1452
- WMO heading
- XOAK59
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- Alaska (AK)
- WMO bulletin number
- 59
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | FAY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLSAFG |
| WMOidentifier | WGAK89 PAFG 171847 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM AKDT SATURDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.PAFG.FA.Y.0012.260917T1847Z-260919T1645Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-19T08:45:00-08:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Upper Chena River Valley
- Two Rivers
- Fairbanks Metro Area
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 002090 |
| UGC | AKZ838 |
| UGC | AKZ843 |
| UGC | AKZ844 |
- Polygons
- 64.8,-147.31 64.84,-147.26 64.82,-147.17 64.86,-147.02 64.89,-146.82 64.91,-146.66 64.93,-146.4 64.98,-146.31 65.09,-146.17 65.06,-146.02 64.9,-146.27 64.87,-146.61 64.81,-146.97 64.77,-147.18 64.8,-147.31