Flash Flood in Alaska, July 1 to 2, 1998

Name: Flash Flood in Alaska, July 1 to 2, 1998
Start: 1998-07-01T18:00
End: 1998-07-02T08:00
Location: Alaska

July 1 to 2, 1998 · NWS AFG · 1 event in 1 county or zone

5 miles from Livengood) where the Dalton was reduced to one-lane travel until an Alaska Department of Transportation Maintenance crew repaired the road.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $3,000
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 AFG wrote it up.

Heavy Rain from Thunderstorms caused washouts of the Dalton Highway, notably at 29.5 mile, (29.5 miles from Livengood) where the Dalton was reduced to one-lane travel until an Alaska Department of Transportation Maintenance crew repaired the road.

Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Upper Yukon Valley

When: July 1, 6:00 PM AST to July 2, 8:00 AM AST
Where: Upper Yukon Valley County, Livengood
Property damage: $3,000
Reported by: DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

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

Every storm in Alaska in 1998 Every state in 1998 This day in weather history Warnings in Alaska, July 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: 5656465.