Flood, Cp Fairweather to Cp Suckling
- When
- July 12, 1:30 PM AST to July 13, 3:25 AM AST
- Where
- Cp Fairweather to Cp Suckling County, Yakutat
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
Flood in Alaska, July 12 to 13, 2000
Minor flooding of low-lying areas and significant erosion along dirt roadways occurred when about 2 inches of rain fell over the Yakutat area in less than 12 hours.
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 AJK wrote it up.
Minor flooding of low-lying areas and significant erosion along dirt roadways occurred when about 2 inches of rain fell over the Yakutat area in less than 12 hours.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Colorado, July 12, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, July 12, 2000
- Flooding and Hail in Georgia, July 12, 2000
- Flood and Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 12, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 12, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 12, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 12, 2000
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Missouri, July 12, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 12, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, July 12, 2000
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 12, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 12, 2000
More
Every storm in Alaska in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, July 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: 5152705.