Flash Flood, Tanana Valley
- When
- June 20, 12:00 PM AST to June 21, 8:00 AM AST
- Where
- Tanana Valley County, Southeast Portion
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Flash Flood in Alaska, June 20 to 21, 1999
Rainfall of up to 1 inch over the eastern Tanana Valley and the Alaska Range produced localized flooding. Eight inches of water covered the Alaska Highway Sunday afternoon at milepost 1336 or 10 miles west of Tananacross.
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.
Rainfall of up to 1 inch over the eastern Tanana Valley and the Alaska Range produced localized flooding. Eight inches of water covered the Alaska Highway Sunday afternoon at milepost 1336 or 10 miles west of Tananacross. Also there was a partial washout of the Alaska Highway at the Little Gerstle River Bridge.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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 Flooding in Oklahoma, June 20, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 20 to 22, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Montana, June 20, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Montana, June 20, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 20, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 20, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 20, 1999
- Flood in North Dakota, June 20, 1999
- Flood in Minnesota, June 20, 1999
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, June 20 to 21, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 20, 1999
- Heavy Rain in New Jersey, June 20 to 21, 1999
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, June 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: 5704104.