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Minor flooding

Kipnuk Tidal Gage, AK

Gauge
Tide gauge (coastal water level) · KIPA2 · NWS AFC
Observed
Not flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.
Forecast
Forecast issued · crest 0.89 ft at · below flood stage (0.4 ft) by : minor flooding
Stages
Flood (minor) 0.4 ft · Moderate 2.6 ft · Major 4 ft
Forecasts
Forecasts are issued routinely year-round.

Forecast hydrograph

Forecast stage at Kipnuk Tidal Gage, in ftNWS forecast for Kipnuk Tidal Gage, issued 17 Oct 05:15Z: a crest of 0.89 ft at 19 Oct 15:00Z. Flood stage is 0.4 ft; the forecast falls below it by 19 Oct 17:00Z. No recent observation at action stage or above is held.-7.5-5-2.502.5518 Oct 00Z19 Oct 00Z20 Oct 00Z21 Oct 00ZFlood (minor) 0.4 ftModerate 2.6 ftNowUTCft
NWS forecast, issued : the line is the forecast stage, each dot one of NWS’s points; the ringed dot is the latest observation, when one at action stage or above is held. Earlier observations are not held here, so no observed line is drawn. Higher stages not drawn: major 4 ft. Minor flooding at its worst, observed or forecast. Data: NOAA/NWPS.
The forecast points as a table
NWS forecast stage at Kipnuk Tidal Gage
TimeStage
-6.37 ft
-6.74 ft
-6.62 ft
-5.75 ft
-4.38 ft
-2.91 ft
-1.47 ft
-0.54 ft
-0.23 ft
-0.62 ft
-1.3 ft
-2.25 ft
-3.29 ft
-4.41 ft
-5.35 ft
-5.59 ft
-5.3 ft
-4.73 ft
-4.09 ft
-3.5 ft
-3.42 ft
-3.8 ft
-4.32 ft
-4.94 ft
-5.35 ft
-5.74 ft
-5.99 ft
-5.63 ft
-4.67 ft
-3.32 ft
-1.83 ft
-0.61 ft
0.12 ft
0.25 ft
-0.24 ft
-1.04 ft
-1.95 ft
-2.91 ft
-3.93 ft
-4.83 ft
-5.02 ft
-4.74 ft
-4.17 ft
-3.47 ft
-2.8 ft
-2.59 ft
-2.87 ft
-3.39 ft
-3.96 ft
-4.37 ft
-4.69 ft
-4.86 ft
-4.39 ft
-3.36 ft
-2.04 ft
-0.73 ft
0.43 ft
0.89 ft
0.77 ft
0.18 ft
-0.62 ft
-1.21 ft
-2.01 ft
-3.04 ft
-3.81 ft
-3.92 ft
-3.56 ft
-3.06 ft
-2.58 ft
-2.35 ft
-2.59 ft
-3.18 ft
-3.78 ft
-4.39 ft
-4.73 ft
-5.12 ft
-5.22 ft
-4.75 ft
-3.76 ft
-2.58 ft
-1.38 ft
-0.54 ft
-0.2 ft
-0.54 ft
-1.2 ft
-2 ft
-2.9 ft
-3.75 ft
-4.62 ft
-5.13 ft
-4.99 ft
-4.53 ft
-3.91 ft
-3.34 ft
-3.17 ft
-3.39 ft
-4.01 ft

What NWS lists at this gauge

  • 0.6 ft: The upper edge of the riverbank, including the banks of tributaries within the boundary of Kipnuk, are overtopped by flood waters at this height.

NWS’s statements for this gauge’s water at each stage, up to the highest observed or forecast. A gauge does not say whether a particular road or neighbourhood near it floods. Read .

NWPS’s page for KIPA2 On the Live tracker’s map River flood warnings in Alaska

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Two gauges in flood in Alaska, observed or forecast. Choose one for its forecast hydrograph.

Moderate flooding 1

  1. Forecast: moderate flooding Kwigillingok Tidal Gage, AKNot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · crest 1.93 ft at · below flood stage (0.6 ft) by : moderate flooding

Minor flooding 1

  1. Forecast: minor flooding Kipnuk Tidal Gage, AKNot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · crest 0.89 ft at · below flood stage (0.4 ft) by : minor flooding

A gauge measures its water at that one place. Flash flooding, which comes in hours from heavy rain, is in the warnings as Flash Flood Warnings; a river can be in flood with no rain falling.

Gauges observed checked · Data: NOAA/NWS

Gauges forecast checked · Data: NOAA/NWS

Gauge impacts and forecasts checked · Data: NOAA/NWPS

Alaska flash-flood briefing

Not an official warning service. Warnings and watches are the National Weather Service’s, outlooks and reports the Storm Prediction Center’s and the Weather Prediction Center’s (Data: NOAA/NWS, NOAA/SPC, NOAA/WPC). When a warning is issued for you, act on it, and use weather.gov or a NOAA Weather Radio for where you are.