Flood in Alaska, August 13 to 14, 2000

Name: Flood in Alaska, August 13 to 14, 2000
Start: 2000-08-13T19:25
End: 2000-08-14T23:00
Location: Alaska

August 13 to 14, 2000 · NWS AFC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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.

Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Cook Inlet

When: August 13, 7:25 PM AST to August 14, 11:00 PM AST
Where: Cook Inlet County, Anchorage
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

Heavy downpours, associated with local thunderstorms, were reported around the Anchorage Municipality. As much as .6" of rain fell in as short as 25 minutes, creating considerable ponding of water in low lying areas. Water was reported locally from 2' - 3' deep in a few areas of town...notably at the intersection of Boniface and Camelot.Power outages were also reported in downtown Anchorage and in Eagle River.

What these are

Flood: Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Alaska in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings in Alaska, August 2000

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: 5176081.