Close to three inches fell on the city over the same period, said Ted Fathauer, lead forecaster for the National Weather Service in Fairbanks.

"It seems to be focused like a rifle shot into the Chatanika basin and to a lesser extent, but still an important extent, into the Chena basin," Fathauer said.

The rain ended earlier this week, though flooding was predicted on the Chatanika River and the upper Chena River. As of Sunday afternoon, the Chatanika River was still about two feet away from threatening the Upper Chatanika State Recreation Site at 39 Mile Steese Highway

Because of flooding, the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities closed the Elliott Highway at 57 Mile, the Tolovana River Bridge, the department announced at 3:10 p.m. Sunday.

Alaska State Troopers also warned motorists to use caution and drive slowly between 263 Mile and 280 Mile of the Parks Highway, citing poor road conditions caused by the heavy rainfall.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers runs a flood control project that helps keep the Chena River from overflowing and flooding the city.

Park Ranger Debby McAtee said Sunday she didn't expect the corps would have to lower gates at the project's dam, which is just south of North Pole, to divert and impound water from the Chena today.

Still, the corps will watch the water level over the next few days to see if water accumulated upriver of Fairbanks will eventually rise enough for the corps to change its plans.

The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner