Alaska, 1998

Flash Flood in Alaska, July 12 to 13, 1998

July 12 to 13, 1998 · NWS AFG · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Several stationary showers and thundershowers over the Central area produced enough rain to cause minor flooding of Crooked Creek just east of Central , where about 150 feet of the road was restricted to one lane of traffic until repairs were made.

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.

Several stationary showers and thundershowers over the Central area produced enough rain to cause minor flooding of Crooked Creek just east of Central , where about 150 feet of the road was restricted to one lane of traffic until repairs were made.

Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Upper Yukon Valley

When
July 12, 9:45 PM AST to July 13, 5:15 AM AST
Where
Upper Yukon Valley County, Central
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

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: 5656466.