FGAK88 PAFC 180050
RVSAFC
RIVER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
450 PM AKDT WED JUN 17 2009
AKZ111-182300-
450 PM AKDT WED JUN 17 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A RIVER STATEMENT FOR 
SIGNIFICANT IN-BANK RISE ON THE MATANUSKA RIVER. 
RAINFALL FROM SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY HAS ADDED ADDITIONAL 
FLOW TO THE MATANUSKA RIVER WHICH WAS ALREADY FLOWING HIGH FROM 
GLACIAL CONTRIBUTIONS AS A RESULT OF THE WARM SPRING AND EARLY 
SUMMER TEMPERATURES. RESIDENTS IN THE SUTTON AREA HAVE REPORTED 
WATER LEVELS APPROACHING YARDS IN LOW AREAS NEAR THE RIVER.
WATER LEVELS WILL REMAIN HIGH OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND SOME BANK 
EROSION MAY OCCUR IN AREAS THAT ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO EROSION. LEVELS 
WILL FLUCTUATE IN A DIURNAL CYCLE AS THE GLACIAL CONTRIBUTIONS PEAKS 
IN THE EVENING AND FALLS THROUGH THE NIGHT.
THIS STATEMENT WILL NOT BE UPDATED UNLESS NEW INFORMATION BECOMES
AVAILABLE.
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