Flood in Alaska, August 26 to 31, 1997

Name: Flood in Alaska, August 26 to 31, 1997
Start: 1997-08-26T20:00
End: 1997-08-31T23:59
Location: Alaska

August 26 to 31, 1997 · NWS AFG · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 on the evening of the 26th through the morning of the 27th. Bankfull conditions occurred on the Sheenjak River, with an Alaska State Department of Fish and Game Fish Counting Sonar Camp having to be moved temporarily to the Porcupine River during Aug 30th until Sep 1st.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
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 AFG wrote it up.

A large thunderstorm or thunderstorm complex moving north-northwest over the eastern Upper Yukon Valley produced rains of .9 to 1.1 on the evening of the 26th through the morning of the 27th. Bankfull conditions occurred on the Sheenjak River, with an Alaska State Department of Fish and Game Fish Counting Sonar Camp having to be moved temporarily to the Porcupine River during Aug 30th until Sep 1st. The camp, was located 6 river miles upstream on the Sheenjak from its confluence with the Porcupine River. Crest was estimated to pass late on the evening of the 31st.

Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Upper Yukon Valley

When: August 26, 8:00 PM AST to August 31, 11:59 PM AST
Where: Upper Yukon Valley forecast zone

What these are

Flood: Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Alaska in 1997 Every state in 1997 This day in weather history Warnings in Alaska, August 1997

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: 5611239.