Oct 4, 1997
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. Strong northwest winds occurred behind (to the west) of the low pressure center, especially along the northwest coast of the Seward Peninsula., where the village of Shishmaref suffered severe beach erosion. Waves at one time were estimated at 30 ft. During the following 6 weeks, a team from the State of Alaska Division o
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5623211). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Kotzebue/l.kobuk Vly/n.seward County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.