Alaska, 1999

Flash Flood in Alaska, May 25 to 26, 1999

May 25 to 26, 1999 · NWS AFG · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Thundershowers produced locally heavy rains which increased snowmelt as well, causing certain streams to go overbank, including Chief Creek and Bear Creek near mile 1358 of the Alaska Highway.

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.

Thundershowers produced locally heavy rains which increased snowmelt as well, causing certain streams to go overbank, including Chief Creek and Bear Creek near mile 1358 of the Alaska Highway.

Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Tanana Valley

When
May 25, 12:00 PM AST to May 26, 11:00 PM AST
Where
Tanana Valley County, East Portion
Reported by
UNKNOWN

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

Every storm in Alaska in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, May 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: 5698801.