262 first-hand accounts of flood events in Alaska, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Throughout spring and the first part of the summer Suicide Basin, a side valley that is dammed by the Mendenhall Glacier, filled with water from snowmelt and rainfall.
Read the full account →A very strong and wet front for this time of year moved across the Gulf of Alaska and over the northern panhandle. There were 2 bursts of heavy rain one early Sunday morning with moderate to heavy rain of around one inch.
Read the full account →After the two months of dry and sunny weather due to mostly upper level ridging in place across much of Alaska, the pattern flipped for the second half of the month to more of an upper level trough as the upper level ridge shifted to the east.
Read the full account →After the two months of dry and sunny weather due to mostly upper level ridging in place across much of Alaska, the pattern flipped for the second half of the month to more of an upper level trough as the upper level ridge shifted to the east.
Read the full account →After the two months of dry and sunny weather due to mostly upper level ridging in place across much of Alaska, the pattern flipped for the second half of the month to more of an upper level trough as the upper level ridge shifted to the east.
Read the full account →A strong low, remnants of an old tropical weather system (with help from typhoon "Wutip"), re-developed near Adak midday Monday along an old front. The low then moved between Saint Matthew Island and Nunivak Island early Tuesday.
Read the full account →On the night of the 27th a frontal system moved from the Gulf of Alaska northwest over the southern interior to near Fairbanks on the evening of the 28th, then moved slowly back to the southeast before dissipating on the 29th.
Read the full account →A significant Bering Sea storm moved into Norton Sound Thursday night. Strong southerly winds preceded the associated front, while strong westerly winds were observed along the 'back side' of the low.Strong onshore winds combined with maximum astronomical tides to produce the…
Read the full account →An extended period of moderate to heavy rainfall moved in with a deep moisture tap surging north around a deep upper level low drifting over Southwest.
Read the full account →An extended period of moderate to heavy rainfall moved in with a deep moisture tap surging north around a deep upper level low drifting over Southwest.
Read the full account →Bands of showers were rotating around a low in the eastern Gulf of Alaska. A very strong shower remained in place over the Juneau airport area including the drainage basin of Jordan Creek for 2 hours.
Read the full account →The annual spring river ice break up resulted in extensive flooding along the Kuskokwim river over the 11 days it took for the river to open up from its head waters in the Kuskokwim Valley to the mouth of the Kuskokwim River on the Bering Sea coast.
Read the full account →Saturated conditions from preceding storms, combined with widespread heavy rainfall of 1-2 inches over a 24 hour period, across the Susitna and Matanuska River Valleys Sept 1, 2023.
Read the full account →Saturated conditions from preceding storms, combined with widespread heavy rainfall of 1-2 inches over a 24 hour period, across the Susitna and Matanuska River Valleys Sept 1, 2023.
Read the full account →An area of of resistant aufeis in the main channel of the Sagavanirktok (Sag) River during spring breakup forced the Sag River flow toward Milepost 403 of the Dalton Highway.
Read the full account →An atmospheric river moves over the southeast alaska as a upper trof dug into the pacific and built a upper ridge over the eastern gulf. The very strong and deep onshore flow along with ample amount of tropical moisture moving north produced heavy rainfall over the panhandle…
Read the full account →The remains of typhoon Carlo deepened as it moved north over the western Bering Sea and Far East Russia. The Warm Front moved across Zone 5 Sunday 27th and the cold front moved across the west coast Tuesday 29th.
Read the full account →A deep trough of low pressure with a long fetch from the North Pacific to the Gulf of Alaska produced a very strong and wet weather system. The atmospheric river slammed into northern southeast Alaska panhandle from September 20th through the 21st.
Read the full account →An active weather pattern in August 2023 kept conditions in the Copper River Basin near saturation. An atmospheric river moved into Prince William Sound August 26 and heavy rains elevated river levels, impacting access to Solomon Gulch Dam and limiting transportation along…
Read the full account →An active weather pattern in August 2023 kept conditions in the Copper River Basin near saturation. An atmospheric river moved into Prince William Sound August 26 and heavy rains elevated river levels, impacting access to Solomon Gulch Dam and limiting transportation along…
Read the full account →A north to south oriented frontal boundary brought periods of heavy snow, avalanche conditions, lowered visibilities, high winds and strong surf from west to east over the course of several days as the front shifted slowly east and developed into a triple point low over the…
Read the full account →A north to south oriented frontal boundary brought periods of heavy snow, avalanche conditions, lowered visibilities, high winds and strong surf from west to east over the course of several days as the front shifted slowly east and developed into a triple point low over the…
Read the full account →Heavy and prolonged rain fell in British Columbia during the first week of September. The rain swelled all the tributary rivers in Canada and flowed into the Stikine River.
Read the full account →A deep trough of low pressure with a long fetch from the North Pacific to the Gulf of Alaska produced a very strong and wet weather system. The atmospheric river slammed into northern southeast Alaska panhandle from August 7th and persisted through the 10th.
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