SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
507 PM AKDT MON JUN 4 2012

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YUKON FLATS AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS-CENTRAL INTERIOR-
MIDDLE TANANA VALLEY-
UPPER TANANA VALLEY AND THE FORTYMILE COUNTRY-
INCLUDING...FORT YUKON...VENETIE...CENTRAL...CIRCLE...
STEVENS VILLAGE...BEAVER...CHALKYITSIK...BIRCH CREEK...
CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS...EAGLE SUMMIT...TWELVEMILE SUMMIT...NENANA...
ANDERSON...TANANA...MINTO...MANLEY HOT SPRINGS...RAMPART...
LAKE MINCHUMINA...LIVENGOOD...FAIRBANKS...FORT WAINWRIGHT...
EIELSON AFB...ESTER...NORTH POLE...MOOSE CREEK...TWO RIVERS...
FOX...CHATANIKA...CHENA HOT SPRINGS...SOURDOUGH CAMP...TOK...
TANACROSS...EAGLE...TETLIN...NORTHWAY...ALCAN...CHICKEN...
BOUNDARY
507 PM AKDT MON JUN 4 2012

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL IN THE INTERIOR...

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE TANANA YUKON UPLANDS JUST
NORTHEAST OF FAIRBANKS ARE CAUSING HAIL AS LARGE AS ON HALF INCH
ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH. THE HAIL
COULD COVER THE GROUND AND RAIN COULD BE UP TO ONE HALF INCH. THE
HAIL AND WINDS COULD CAUSE DAMAGE. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS
OF ONE HALF INCH SIZE HAIL IN NORTH POLE AND ALONG CHENA HOT
SPRINGS ROAD.

AT 500 PM THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A BAND STRETCHING FROM CHICKEN
TO NORTH POLE TO LIVENGOOD. THIS BAND IS MOVING WEST AT ABOUT 15 MPH
AND WILL MOVE WEST ACROSS THE CITY OF FAIRBANKS IN THE NEXT HOUR.

THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE HAD TOPS AS HIGH AS 40,000 FEET WHICH IS
VERY HIGH FOR INTERIOR ALASKA THUNDERSTORMS.

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