
Nick Morgan
4:50 - 5:13
“Ketchikan and the Petersburg area seem to be the winner, uh, through the next, you know, 12 hours. We'll likely see, you know, 3 inches according to this guidance, potentially a little bit higher at the elevations”
- Speaker
- Nick Morgan
- Timestamp
- 4:50 – 5:13
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- October 15, 2026
From the transcript
So would not be surprised if we see some levels across— or excuse me, some river levels in the flood watch reach minor flood stage as we get into the overnight period and start to see some moderate to heavy rainfall coming back into the area with this secondary system. And speaking of it, let's take a kind of a look at the timing. This is broken down by 6-hour precipitation, just some model guidance that helps us kind of identify where we might think the heaviest rain might be. And as you can tell by the highlighted colors, Ketchikan and the Petersburg area seem to be the winner, uh, through the next, you know, 12 hours. We'll likely see, you know, 3 inches according to this guidance, potentially a little bit higher at the elevations, but the The thing to look at as well is as we get into, you know, 10 AM Friday to 4 PM Friday, you really start to see that decrease and diminish in, you know, uh, rainfall amounts.