# Flood Watch: Petersburg Borough; Western Kupreanof and Kuiu Island; Prince of Wales Island; City and Borough of Wrangell — retained record

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-10-13 10:57 ingested 2026-10-14 02:57

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Flood Watch — Petersburg Borough; Western Kupreanof and Kuiu Island; Prince of Wales Island; City and Borough of Wrangell
Severity: Severe. Certainty: Possible.
A stronger atmospheric river is expected to move over the panhandle
beginning early Thursday morning and continuing through at least
Friday morning. Multiple waves moving up will bring persistent
moderate to heavy rain for much of the southern half of the
panhandle. Past early Friday morning, additional periods of heavy
rain are possible, but confidence is moderate to low at this time.
Prolonged periods of moderate to heavy rain will produce significant
river rises with the potential for at least minor flooding.

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.

* WHERE...The following areas, Central Inner Channels, Southern Inner
Channels and Southeast Gulf Coast. This includes the cities of
Petersburg, Kake, Port Alexander, Craig, Klawock, Hydaburg, Coffman
Cove, Thorne Bay, And Wrangell.

* WHEN...From Thursday afternoon through Friday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, other low-lying areas and flood-prone locations.
Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Rain totals between early Thursday morning and late Friday
morning for the Central Panhandle and Prince of Wales Island area
are currently expected around 2 to 3.5 inches, with higher rain
totals favoring southern facing mountainsides. Highest rain rates
are currently expected during the late morning through evening
timeframe on Thursday, where rates could be as high as 0.25
inches per hour.

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