262 first-hand accounts of flood events in Alaska, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A triple point low associated with a low in the Bering Sea developed in Bristol bay and moved into the Gulf of Alaska. The associated occluded front brought high winds to Anchorage, the Kenai Peninsula and the Prince William Sound as it progressed through the region, as well as…
Read the full account →A weather system moved in from the Upper Tanana Valley on the 18th and stalled over the area through the 20th, dropping two to five inches of rain across the basins of the Chena, Salcha, and Goodpaster Rivers on the 18th through 20th.
Read the full account →A weather system moved in from the Upper Tanana Valley on the 18th and stalled over the area through the 20th, dropping two to five inches of rain across the basins of the Chena, Salcha, and Goodpaster Rivers on the 18th through 20th.
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 →Another strong storm moved into northwest Alaska bringing heavy rain into the interior and south central regions of the state. Rainfall amounts were reported at 7.45 inches over a day and a half period at the base of Ruth Glacier.
Read the full account →Two Bering Sea low pressure systems tracked into Western Alaska from August 15 through 18th bringing a period of nearly-persistent southerly winds which led to storm surge and coastal flooding along the Kuskokwim Delta coast and backed up flow along the lower Kuskokwim River.
Read the full account →A major fall storm quickly pushed across northern Alaska between October 20th and 23rd, with the low itself moving all the way inland. The storm brought coastal flooding, high winds, heavy precipitation, and a mix of precipitation, including a rain-snow mix and freezing rain.
Read the full account →A major fall storm quickly pushed across northern Alaska between October 20th and 23rd, with the low itself moving all the way inland. The storm brought coastal flooding, high winds, heavy precipitation, and a mix of precipitation, including a rain-snow mix and freezing rain.
Read the full account →A major fall storm quickly pushed across northern Alaska between October 20th and 23rd, with the low itself moving all the way inland. The storm brought coastal flooding, high winds, heavy precipitation, and a mix of precipitation, including a rain-snow mix and freezing rain.
Read the full account →A major fall storm quickly pushed across northern Alaska between October 20th and 23rd, with the low itself moving all the way inland. The storm brought coastal flooding, high winds, heavy precipitation, and a mix of precipitation, including a rain-snow mix and freezing rain.
Read the full account →A major fall storm quickly pushed across northern Alaska between October 20th and 23rd, with the low itself moving all the way inland. The storm brought coastal flooding, high winds, heavy precipitation, and a mix of precipitation, including a rain-snow mix and freezing rain.
Read the full account →A major fall storm quickly pushed across northern Alaska between October 20th and 23rd, with the low itself moving all the way inland. The storm brought coastal flooding, high winds, heavy precipitation, and a mix of precipitation, including a rain-snow mix and freezing rain.
Read the full account →A major fall storm quickly pushed across northern Alaska between October 20th and 23rd, with the low itself moving all the way inland. The storm brought coastal flooding, high winds, heavy precipitation, and a mix of precipitation, including a rain-snow mix and freezing rain.
Read the full account →A major fall storm quickly pushed across northern Alaska between October 20th and 23rd, with the low itself moving all the way inland. The storm brought coastal flooding, high winds, heavy precipitation, and a mix of precipitation, including a rain-snow mix and freezing rain.
Read the full account →A deep low pressure system with multiple imbedded shortwaves moved into the Bering on December 18th, bringing precipitation and gusty winds to the Aleutian Islands and inland areas of Southwest Alaska.
Read the full account →An area of strong winds developed along the Cook��Inlet Saturday, November 16 and Sunday, November 17, 2024, wedged between a Gulf of��Alaska low pressure system centered just south of Prince William Sound, and a ridge of high��pressure over the Bering Sea.
Read the full account →An area of strong winds developed along the Cook��Inlet Saturday, November 16 and Sunday, November 17, 2024, wedged between a Gulf of��Alaska low pressure system centered just south of Prince William Sound, and a ridge of high��pressure over the Bering Sea.
Read the full account →A strong storm force low pressure system over the North Pacific lifted north and moved into the Gulf of Alaska by the morning of January 29th.
Read the full account →Ice jam flooding along the Kuskokwim River moved through the lower areas of the basin beginning May 2 and continuing though May 14 for several communities along the Kuskokwim River.
Read the full account →Ice jam flooding along the Kuskokwim River moved through the lower areas of the basin beginning May 2 and continuing though May 14 for several communities along the Kuskokwim River.
Read the full account →Ice jam flooding along the Kuskokwim River moved through the lower areas of the basin beginning May 2 and continuing though May 14 for several communities along the Kuskokwim River.
Read the full account →Ice jam flooding along the Kuskokwim River moved through the lower areas of the basin beginning May 2 and continuing though May 14 for several communities along the Kuskokwim River.
Read the full account →The 2024 spring breakup behaved generally more as thermal breakup of the Yukon River. In the eastern Interior, late April temperatures were warm, helping to deplete low elevation snowpack and degrade river ice across portions of the Upper Yukon River.
Read the full account →The 2024 spring breakup behaved generally more as thermal breakup of the Yukon River. In the eastern Interior, late April temperatures were warm, helping to deplete low elevation snowpack and degrade river ice across portions of the Upper Yukon River.
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