Heavy Rain in Alaska, September 13, 1999

Name: Heavy Rain in Alaska, September 13, 1999
Start: 1999-09-13T07:00
End: 1999-09-13T13:00
Location: Alaska

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

1 heavy rain, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $5,000
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 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Cook Inlet

When: September 13, 7:00 AM AST to 1:00 PM AST
Where: Cook Inlet County, 60 mi E of Anchorage
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heavy rains around Girdwood and in Portage Valley prompted a Flash Flood Watch for small streams. Over 2 inches of rain was recorded in 12 hours around Girdwood, with much higher amounts around Portage. Minor flooding was reported just off the road to Portage.Additionally, gusty winds were reported offshore in areas of Prince William Sound adjacent to the Gulf of Alaska.

What these are

Heavy Rain: Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.

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: 5719398.