Alaska, 2000

Flooding in Alaska, June 7 to 13, 2000

June 7 to 13, 2000 · NWS AFG · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Flooding on the Sagavanirktok River and its tributaries closed portions of the Dalton Highway from June 7th through the 9th. Colville Village on the Colville River experienced its worst flood in forty years--the entire airstrip and several buildings flooded.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$100,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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 AFG wrote it up.

Rapid warming in early June after a cool May caused excessive snowmelt runoff in the Sagavanirktok and Colville Rivers.Flooding on the Sagavanirktok River and its tributaries closed portions of the Dalton Highway from June 7th through the 9th. Colville Village on the Colville River experienced its worst flood in forty years--the entire airstrip and several buildings flooded. Upstream on the Colville at Umiat there was minor flood damage to a handful of buildings and roads. Damage amount is estimated very roughly.

Event by event

2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, North Slopes of Brooks Range

When
June 7, 8:00 AM AST to June 9, 6:00 PM AST
Where
North Slopes of Brooks Range forecast zone
Reported by
DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

Flood, Arctic Slope Coastal

When
June 8, 8:00 AM AST to June 13, 6:00 PM AST
Where
Arctic Slope Coastal forecast zone
Property damage
$100,000
Reported by
DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

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: 5150012, 5150011.