River Statement
Issued by NWS Fairbanks, AK

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HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
306 PM AKDT FRI JUN 7 2013

...HIGH WATER ON THE YUKON RIVER THROUGH NEXT WEEK...

THE YUKON RIVER HAS BEEN STEADILY RISING SINCE SHORTLY AFTER
BREAKUP. THE RIVER REMAINS HIGH DUE TO RUNOFF FROM SNOWMELT.
ADDITIONALLY...RECENT RAINFALL IN SOME YUKON RIVER TRIBUTARIES
WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO THE FLOW OF THE RIVER. THE YUKON RIVER
CRESTED IN EAGLE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...AND WILL CREST IN
TANANA EARLY NEXT WEEK AND IN GALENA LATE NEXT WEEK.

AS THIS WATER MOVES DOWNRIVER...THE YUKON RIVER IS EXPECTED TO
GRADUALLY RISE OR REMAIN STEADY AT MUCH HIGHER THAN NORMAL LEVELS
INTO NEXT WEEK. RESIDENTS OF STEVENS VILLAGE AND BEAVER REPORT
THAT THIS IS SOME OF THE HIGHEST WATER SEEN IN JUNE DUE TO
SNOWMELT SINCE THE 1960S.

THE YUKON RIVER BETWEEN RAMPART AND GALENA IS EXPECTED TO REACH AND
POSSIBLY EXCEED BANKFULL LEVELS IN LOW LYING AREAS...BUT FLOODING
IS NOT EXPECTED IN THESE VILLAGES AT THIS TIME. OLD SLOUGHS ARE
FILLED WITH WATER AND GRAVEL BARS USUALLY ACCESSIBLE AT THIS TIME
OF YEAR WILL REMAIN INUNDATED. DEBRIS MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES AS THE
RIVER PICKS UP LOGS AND TRANSPORTS THEM DOWNSTREAM. THE HIGH WATER
WILL LIKELY CAUSE INCREASED BANK EROSION AS WELL.

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