Nicole Barron
3:20 - 3:44
"Looking ahead, we expect major flood stage later overnight after midnight. And that will last for approximately an 8-hour period. Major flood stage is 14 feet on the lake gauge."
“Looking ahead, we expect major flood stage later overnight after midnight. And that will last for approximately an 8-hour period. Major flood stage is 14 feet on the lake gauge.”
- Speaker
- Nicole Barron
- Timestamp
- 3:20 – 3:44
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Juneau
- Captured at
- August 12, 2026
From the transcript
And the basin is dropping rapidly. It's dropped about 25 feet since the release started. Looking ahead, we expect major flood stage later overnight after midnight. And that will last for approximately an 8-hour period. Major flood stage is 14 feet on the lake gauge.
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