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FLOOD ADVISORY FOR SNOW MELT AND POSSIBLE GLACIER DAMMED LAKE RELEASE KENAI RIVER AT COPPER LANDING AND KENAI LAKE AREA

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* UNTIL 1000 AM AKDT THURSDAY

* HIGH FREEZING LEVELS…STRONG WINDS AND RECENT RAINS HAVE CAUSED ASIGNIFICANT RISE ON THE SNOW RIVER NEAR SEWARD ABOVE KENAI LAKE.

ADDITIONALLY…THERE IS EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT THE SNOW GLACIER
DAMMED LAKE HAS RELEASED AS WELL. REGARDLESS…THE SNOW RIVER HAS
REACHED A STAGE OF JUST OVER 13 FEET AS OF THIS MORNING. AS A RESULT

THE STAGE AT COOPER LANDING WILL RISE TO NEAR 13.5 FEET OR 0.5 FEET
OVER THE MINOR FLOOD LEVEL OF 13 FEET LATE TUESDAY NIGHT OR EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING. IT IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE MINOR FLOOD STAGE OF
13 FEET BY EARLY TOMORROW MORNING.

AT THIS LEVEL WATER WILL FLOW OVER PRIMROSE ROAD AND THE END OF THE
ROAD NEAR THE CAMPGROUND MAY BE IMPASSABLE.

AT 14.0 FEET PROPERTIES ALONG THE STERLING HIGHWAY MILES 48-50 BEGIN
TO SEE WATER IN THEIR YARDS AND THE USGS GAGE HOUSE ADJACENT TO
COOPER LANDING BRIDGE WILL BEGIN TO FLOOD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS.

Kay Steele, Admin. Asst.
Kenai Peninsula Borough Office of Emergency Mgmt.
253 Wilson Lane, Soldotna, AK 99669
(907) 262-4910 general office
(907) 262-2096 direct line
(907) 714-2395 fax

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