Alaska, 2000

Flood in Alaska, June 28 to 29, 2000

June 28 to 29, 2000 · NWS AJK · 1 event in 1 county or zone

86 inches of rain over the Mendenhall Valley area in Juneau in less than 12 hours, causing considerable ponding in low lying areas and city streets and minor flooding along Montana Creek.

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.

A band of heavy showers and thundershowers dumped 1.86 inches of rain over the Mendenhall Valley area in Juneau in less than 12 hours, causing considerable ponding in low lying areas and city streets and minor flooding along Montana Creek.

Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Juneau Borough / Admiralty Is

When
June 28, 5:00 PM AST to June 29, 4:30 AM AST
Where
Juneau Borough / Admiralty Is County, Juneau
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

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

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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: 5144428.