Lexington Weather

Lexington, Massachusetts, USA

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1/11/2026 4:28pm 
  • Lexington Conditions: Few Clouds
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Flood Advisory

Issued by the National Weather Service - Juneau, AK

    FLOOD ADVISORY  

Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK

Flood Advisory issued January 11 at 6:10AM AKST until January 11 at 6:00PM AKST by NWS Juneau AK

FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING

Areas Affected: Ketchikan Gateway Borough

Urgency: Expected

Severity: Minor

Certainty: Likely

Alert Sent: Sunday 6:10am AKST

Alert Effective: Sunday 6:10am AKST

Alert Expires: Sunday 2:15pm AKST (expect updated alert by this time)

Event Onset: Sunday 6:10am AKST

Event Ends: Sunday 6:00pm AKST

Issued by: NWS Juneau AK

Details: 
...FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AKST THIS EVENING...

An incoming system will send a wave of moderate to heavy rainfall
across the southern panhandle through Sunday. As this system
approaches, snow levels will rapidly increase to 4000 feet or
greater by Sunday afternoon across the southern panhandle.  This
rapid rise in snow levels in combination with moderate to heavy
rainfall will lead to continued flooding for areas near Ward Lake.

* WHAT...Flooding caused by rain and snowmelt continues.

* WHERE...Ward Lake, areas near the Ward Lake recreational area.

* WHEN...Until 600 PM AKST Sunday.

* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 557 AM AKST, Rapid snowmelt is occurring and will combine
with rain to cause minor flooding, especially near Ward Lake.
Between 4 and 6 inches of rain has fallen in the last 48
hours. Additional moderate to heavy rainfall is ongoing or
expected to begin shortly, forecast rainfall amounts are
around 2 to 3 inches through Sunday with locally higher
amounts at higher elevations.

- For Lake Connell Dam:
At 4:00pm, Saturday January 10th, the stage was 251.75 feet.
Flood Stage is 252 feet.

Impacts:
At 251 feet: Water will begin to approach low lying areas of
trails and picnic areas around Ward Lake.

At 252 feet: 2 feet of water will be going over the emergency
spillway which will produce minor flooding of areas around
the Ward Lake recreation area with trails and Last Chance
campground being inundated.

At 254.0 feet: Moderate flooding will occur around the Ward
Lake recreation area with significant flooding of campgrounds
and trails. Water will be over the road near the bridge
across Ward Creek with possible debris impacting the bridge.

Information: 
Stay tuned to further developments by listening to your local radio,
television, or NOAA Weather Radio for further information.

Meta data: 
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Codes: AKZ330
Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.242c27b938244d557bf21b2430a79819589c6e05.001.1