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Flood — Juneau Borough, AK

Aug 30, 2022

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. The very heavy rainfall was a 50 year return period and produced significant amount of runoff to cause Jordan Creek to rapidly rise out of its banks to produce moderate flooding.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1055581). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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