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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU AK
1140 PM AKDT FRI OCT 18 2024

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CITY AND BOROUGH OF JUNEAU-
1140 PM AKDT FRI OCT 18 2024


...SLOW LOWERING OF WATER IN SUICIDE BASIN PERSISTS INTO SATURDAY...

WATER LEVEL DATA FROM INSIDE THE BASIN SHOWED A DROP IN WATER LEVEL
FROM THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THIS COULD BE AN INDICATION
THAT A BASIN RELEASE HAS STARTED. NWS HYDROLOGISTS AND
METEOROLOGISTS ALONG WITH THEIR PARTNERS ARE CONTINUING TO ASSESS
AND ANALYZE THE INFORMATION.

AS OF 3 PM FRIDAY AFTERNOON, A DROP OF AROUND 2.6 FEET WAS NOTED IN
THE BASIN SINCE THURSDAY EVENING. WATER LEVELS AT THE MENDENHALL
LAKE WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE WEEKEND TO
SEE IF THE LAKE RESPONDS TO THE DROP IN BASIN LEVEL.

NOW IS THE TIME TO START PREPARING FOR POTENTIAL FLOODING IMPACTS
ALONG THE MENDENHALL LAKE AND RIVER.
THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS SO CHECK
BACK ON THIS POSSIBLE EVOLVING SITUATION.



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SEAN.JONES