262 first-hand accounts of flood events in Alaska, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A flood of historic proportions began in Eagle along the Yukon River around 2 am on the morning of the 4th. In the week leading up to the flood, temperatures were unseasonably warm as a strong ridge of high pressure developed along the Alaska-Yukon border on April 27th and…
Read the full account →Just 10 days after a record flood impacted the Fortymile River and its tributaries another flood impacted the area. Water levels returned to pre-flood levels, however, occasional showers and saturated soils resulted in more significant rises than would normally be observed.
Read the full account →Ice Jammed about 50 miles downstream of Tanana on the 11th and ice continued to pack into the back of the jam and stopped near the village of Tanana on the morning of the 12th. Flooding began in Tanana at approximately 4 am on the 12th.
Read the full account →A deep, anomalously strong upper level trough and associated surface low dug southward across Western Alaska. As a result, nearly the entire atmosphere across Southern Alaska shifted to southwesterly flow, which brought copious amounts of Pacific moisture into Southern Alaska.
Read the full account →An ice jam formed downstream of Eagle on the 17th causing water levels to rise rapidly. Flooding was the second worst on record...not approaching the levels of 2009.
Read the full account →A tropically connected storm over the southwest Gulf of Alaska produced a long wet southerly fetch into the south central region of Alaska. The resulting heavy rainfall ranged from around 15 inches on the Gulf of Alaska side of the Aleutian mountains to around 2-4 inches of rain…
Read the full account →On the 20th a surge of water and ice from the upstream river ice breakup moved to near Fort Yukon causing flooding of low-lying areas. A large sheet of ice became stuck 12 miles upstream of Fort Yukon causing widespread flooding of low-lying areas to persist.
Read the full account →A strong storm in the north Pacific moved into the eastern Bering Sea Monday October 8th. This storm produced strong wind along and in advance of a strong weather front associated with the storm.
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 →An ice jam formed on the Koyukuk River at Hughes during the early morning of the 27th and then broke apart on the morning of the 29th. River water rose significantly on the 27th, flooding the old/lower town site and cutting it off from the upper town site.
Read the full account →A strong low in Bristol Bay on October 24th moved into northwest Alaska as the next low in a series of lows approached Bristol Bay. This set the pattern of lows in the eastern Bering Sea that kept South Central Alaska in a frontal zone for multiple days.
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 volume of water and a considerable amount of ice moved down river after the historic flooding at Eagle and moderate flooding at Circle.
Read the full account →A large volume of water and a considerable amount of ice moved down river after the historic flooding at Eagle. A 35 mile long ice run started to move by Circle during the evening of the 6th and jammed about 10 miles downstream of Circle.
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 →The first major fall storm of the season hit the Bering Sea Coast the morning of August 23rd. This storm had two major impacts. Ahead of the associated front, strong wind whipped through south central Alaska.
Read the full account →The remains of typhoon Carlo deepened in its trek north over the Bering Sea and Far East Russia. The Warm front moved across the west coast of Alaska Sunday 27th, and the Cold front moved over the area Tuesday.
Read the full account →A significant amount of water and ice combined with ice jams in the vicinity of the village as well as downriver produced flooding in the village of Emmonak. The flooding was compounded by 2 to 5 miles of shore-fast ice at the mouth of the Yukon River.
Read the full account →A low pressure center with a maximum depth of 982 mb tracked from the Chukotsk Peninsula due east across the south Chukchi Sea to beyond Kotzebue by the afternoon of the 4th.
Read the full account →An ice jams formed 5-10 river miles downstream of the villages of Alakanuk and Emmonak on the Yukon River, causing moderate flooding at these villages.
Read the full account →A strong storm in the north Pacific moved into the eastern Bering Sea Monday October 8th. This storm produced strong wind along and in advance of a strong weather front associated with the storm.
Read the full account →Another strong low moved northeast out of the Pacific, crossing Adak at 9 am Sunday with a depth of 951 mbs. The low then moved into the southeast Bering Sea early Monday, finally weakening to a 967 mb center just south of Saint Lawrence Island early Tuesday.
Read the full account →Flooding occurred along the Taiya and Skagway Rivers due to heavy rain over Oct.19-20. The Haines ASOS measured 4.40 inches of rain in 24 hours. A Park Service Campground near Haines was flooded, and the highways along the rivers near Skagway were damaged due to erosion.
Read the full account →The West Creek flood inundated the small, remote community of Dyea on this date. A 700-foot high moraine above the West Creek Glacier collapsed during the early morning hours of Tuesday, July 23rd.
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