262 first-hand accounts of flood events in Alaska, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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.
Read the full account →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 snow melt and rainfall.
Read the full account →A large surge of water and ice moving down the Yukon River produced minor flooding at Anvik. Water levels started to rise at about 8:30 pm on the 16th, and water was covering Front Street in the village. Two homes had basement flooding.
Read the full account →On the 12th, an ice jam downstream of the village of Buckland backed up water to flood portions of the village. The ice jam released on the 13th and water levels dropped to within the river bank.
Read the full account →Water levels rose on the Colville River at Colville as snow melt from the Brooks Range entered the river. The airport runway was under water, and water moved as high as the foundation of the warehouse near the airport.
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 →An unusually high amount of snowfall, combined with an anamolously cold April set the precedent conditions for an impactful break up season. Ice was thicker across the rivers than it had been for several years.
Read the full account →An unusually high amount of snowfall, combined with an anamolously cold April set the precedent conditions for an impactful break up season. Ice was thicker across the rivers than it had been for several years.
Read the full account →An unusually high amount of snowfall, combined with an anamolously cold April set the precedent conditions for an impactful break up season. Ice was thicker across the rivers than it had been for several years.
Read the full account →A strong atmospheric river moved over Southeast Alaska from September 26th through the 28th. There was a long southwest fetch of subtropical moisture that was pointed at the region.
Read the full account →A very strong and moist weather front moved over Southeast Alaska and produced 2 shots of moderate to heavy rainfall. Soils were already saturated from an event a day prior and the base flow of the Taiya River near Skagway remained at bankful stage.
Read the full account →An atmospheric river that extended deep into the north Pacific moved over Southeast Alaska on September 12th and 13th. This plume of sub-topical moisture slowly moved through the area Monday afternoon through Tuesday morning with expected rainfall amounts over the northern Lynn…
Read the full account →An occluded weather front lifted over the northern inner channels of Southeast Alaska from the west from August 13th through the early morning hours of the 15th. This front was associated with a deep upper low pressure system over the northern Gulf of Alaska.
Read the full account →A weather system stalled over the middle tanana valley and brought several inches of rain for several days across the Chena River Basin and Tanana river Basin. This rainfall, combined with already high flow from glacial melt caused localized flooding in the Rosie Creek area.
Read the full account →A weather system stalled over the middle tanana valley and brought several inches of rain for several days across the Chena River Basin and Tanana river Basin. This rainfall, combined with already high flow from glacial melt caused localized flooding in the Rosie Creek area.
Read the full account →A series of weather fronts associated with an an atmospheric river moved into the Bering Sea and across Interior Alaska during the first week of August. Rainfall totals between Aug 1-8th ranged from 5 to 10 inches across the Alaska Range.
Read the full account →An atmospheric river associated with three low pressure systems in quick succession dropped 8-10 inches of rain over 7 days, with the highest single day accumulation of 2.5 inches.
Read the full account →Higher than average winter snow pack (180% of average) in the Koyukuk watershed resulted in high water for several villages along the Koyukuk River. The village of Allakaket experienced the most significant impacts.
Read the full account →An anomalously strong trough of low pressure moved out of the Southern Bering Sea and into the Gulf of Alaska. This trough dug into the north pacific and was able to tap into sub-tropical moisture.
Read the full account →A series of weather fronts moved over the Southeast Alaska starting late on September 27th with the last one moving over the area early on the 30th.
Read the full account →A strong front moved through the Panhandle on the morning of Tuesday August 18th. This system had abundant amount of moisture associated with the cold front as the system originated from the North Pacific and was able to tap into tropical moisture.
Read the full account →A strong low pressure system entered the Aleutian Islands at 976 mb the morning of 6/23. It rapidly strengthened to 955 mb and moved across the Bering Sea.
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