Sep 26, 2022
An atmospheric river moved out of the north Pacific into the Gulf of Alaska September 25th and started to impact the northern half of the Southeast Alaska's panhandle. This event brought in very high amounts of moisture, winds and very warm temps through September 27th. These warm temps rose the freezing levels to be above 9 thousand feet to increase the amount of melt from glacier in headwaters of the Taiya River. Rain amounts from this event ranged from 3 to 5 inches in 36 hours. The heavy rai
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1058950). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Juneau Borough County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.