Flash Flood, N. Slopes of Brooks Range
- When
- August 7, 12:00 AM AST to August 8, 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- N. Slopes of Brooks Range County, Central Portion
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Flash Flooding in Alaska, August 7 to 8, 1999
Heavy Rains Friday night and early Saturday caused Streams to rise and produced several washouts on the Dalton Highway in the Brooks Range.Precipitation Amounts were: Coldfoot Deparment of Transpotation Camp: 1.3 inches (24 hrs)Atigun Remote Automated Weather Station 1.5 inches (12 hrs)Toolik…
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 Rains Friday night and early Saturday caused Streams to rise and produced several washouts on the Dalton Highway in the Brooks Range.Precipitation Amounts were: Coldfoot Deparment of Transpotation Camp: 1.3 inches (24 hrs)Atigun Remote Automated Weather Station 1.5 inches (12 hrs)Toolik River Remote Automated Weather Station 0.8 inches (12 hrs)
Event by event
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Koyukuk / Upr Kobuk Vly
- When
- August 7, 12:00 AM AST to August 8, 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Koyukuk / Upr Kobuk Vly County, Northeast Portion
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Flash Flood, Upper Yukon Valley
- When
- August 7, 12:00 AM AST to August 8, 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Upper Yukon Valley County, Northwest Portion
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
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
- Flash Flood in Nebraska, August 7, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, August 7, 1999
- Heat in Arkansas, August 7, 1999
- Heat in Louisiana, August 7, 1999
- Flash Flood in Iowa, August 7, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 7, 1999
- Flash Flood in Nebraska, August 7, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 7, 1999
- Flash Flood in South Dakota, August 7, 1999
- Flash Flood in Iowa, August 7, 1999
- Flash Flood in Iowa, August 7, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Montana, August 7, 1999
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, August 1999
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: 5710026, 5710027, 5710028.