Flood, Tanana Valley
- When
- August 17, 10:40 AM AST to August 20, 9:30 AM AST
- Where
- Tanana Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
Flood in Alaska, August 17 to 20, 1998
5 mile Chena Hot Springs Road. Up to 6 inches of water was on this section of road at one period during the event.
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.
Recurring rain across the western Tanana Valley during the first half of August brought river levels on the Chena River high enough to where it flooded a 200-ft stretch of road at 37.5 mile Chena Hot Springs Road. Up to 6 inches of water was on this section of road at one period during the event. Minor flooding also occurred at Campsites on the Chatanika, Tolovana, and Tatalina Rivers. No property damage was incurred.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 17, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 17, 1998
- Flash Flooding in New York, August 17, 1998
- Flooding in Pennsylvania, August 17, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, August 17, 1998
- Flooding in New Jersey, August 17, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Connecticut, August 17, 1998
- Flash Flooding in New Jersey, August 17, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Arizona, August 17, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, August 17, 1998
- Wildfire in Montana, August 17 to 18, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 17, 1998
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, August 1998
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: 5656470.