Flood, Juneau Borough-Admiralty Island-Icy Strait Area
- When
- July 26, 9:30 AM AST to July 27, 9:30 AM AST
- Where
- Juneau Borough-Admiralty Island-Icy Strait Area forecast zone
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
Flood in Alaska, July 26 to 27, 2000
The annual release of a glacial lake encompassed by the Tulsequah Glacier created unusually high flows and minor flooding conditions along the Taku River south of Juneau. The Taku River is used mainly for recreation and tourism during the summer, and there was no known damage to any of the cabins or other structures along its shores.
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.
The annual release of a glacial lake encompassed by the Tulsequah Glacier created unusually high flows and minor flooding conditions along the Taku River south of Juneau. The Taku River is used mainly for recreation and tourism during the summer, and there was no known damage to any of the cabins or other structures along its shores.
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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Iowa, July 26, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 26, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 26 to 27, 2000
- Wildfire in Hawaii, July 26, 2000
- Wildfire in Idaho, July 26 to 31, 2000
- Damaging Winds in New Mexico, July 26 to 27, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 26, 2000
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Kansas, July 26, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 26, 2000
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, July 26, 2000
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, July 26, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 26, 2000
More
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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: 5152707.