SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
617 AM AKDT TUE JUN 21 2016

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NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE-
INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE...
SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS
617 AM AKDT TUE JUN 21 2016

...UP TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ABOVE 4000 FEET THROUGH TONIGHT...

RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MIXED WITH SNOW OVER THE NORTHEAST
BROOKS RANGE TODAY. IT WILL BECOME ALL SNOW ABOVE 4000 FEET IN
THE AFTERNOON WITH SNOW CONTINUING INTO THIS EVENING AND
DIMINISHING LATE TONIGHT. ABOVE 4000 FEET UP TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW
IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT...WHILE UP TO ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE
BELOW 4000 FEET.

RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY AND ADD TO THE HEAVY RAIN
ALREADY RECEIVED ON MONDAY. RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO ONE AND
ONE-HALF INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE
SMALL STREAMS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BROOKS RANGE TO RISE TO
NEAR BANKFULL TODAY AND REMAIN HIGH INTO WEDNESDAY. LARGE RIVERS
WILL RISE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AND REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THE
END OF THE WEEK. NO FLOODING IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 

JB