Flash Flood in Alaska, September 13 to 14, 1999

Name: Flash Flood in Alaska, September 13 to 14, 1999
Start: 1999-09-13T09:30
End: 1999-09-14T07:40
Location: Alaska

September 13 to 14, 1999 · NWS AFC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $1,000
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.

Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Cook Inlet

When: September 13, 9:30 AM AST to September 14, 7:40 AM AST
Where: Cook Inlet County, 25 mi E of Soldotna
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heavy rains Sunday night and Monday morning contributed to rapid rises on the Snow River, the Trail River and other streams draining into Kenai Lake. Local urban-type flooding around Primrose Road was reported, however this only affected a small area around the campground.

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

Every storm in Alaska in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history Warnings in Alaska, September 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: 5719399.