Alaska, 1998

Flood in Alaska, June 1, 1998

June 1, 1998 · NWS AFG · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Continuation of event from May. 5 (Snowden Creek), Bettles, Allakaket, and Huslia.

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.

Continuation of event from May. Two periods of rain over the northern Koyukuk Valley caused flooding on the Koyukuk River effecting the Dalton highway at MP 231.5 (Snowden Creek), Bettles, Allakaket, and Huslia.

Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Koyukuk-Upper Kobuk Valleys

When
June 1, 12:00 AM AST to 12:00 PM AST
Where
Koyukuk-Upper Kobuk Valleys 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

More

Every storm in Alaska in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, June 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: 5649693.