Flash Flood, C. Gulf Coast / Valdez
- When
- August 12, 9:30 AM AST to August 13, 10:00 AM AST
- Where
- C. Gulf Coast / Valdez County, Cordova
- Property damage
- $10,000
Flash Flood in Alaska, August 12 to 13, 1997
including Eyak Lake and the Eyak River. which is close to 15 miles away).
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS AFC wrote it up.
Rain Monday night and Tuesday morning in the area caused substantial rises on rivers and streams around Cordova...including Eyak Lake and the Eyak River. 3.3 inches of rain was recorded at the Cordova airport Monday night and Tuesday morning (the airport is in a different climatological regime than the town...which is close to 15 miles away). Water covered the city runway (which is adjacent to Eyak Lake) and the adjacent road. Some yards along the Eyak River, which drains the lake, had water in them. Ground water problems also resulted in seepage to some basements.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Heavy Rain in Idaho, August 12, 1997
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- Heavy Rain in Idaho, August 12, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, August 12, 1997
- High Wind in New Mexico, August 12, 1997
- Flash Flood in Alaska, August 12 to 13, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, August 12 to 16, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, August 12, 1997
- Hail and Heavy Rain in Idaho, August 12, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Idaho, August 12, 1997
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5619456.