Alaska, 2000

Flood in Alaska, October 13 to 15, 2000

October 13 to 15, 2000 · NWS AJK · 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, Cp Fairweather to Cp Suckling

When
October 13, 7:30 AM AST to October 15, 12:00 AM AST
Where
Cp Fairweather to Cp Suckling County, Yakutat
Reported by
NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)

Minor flooding of small creeks and streams began after 2 inches of rain fell in Yakutat in less than 6 hours. Rain continued, moderate to heavy at times through the following 36 hours causing additional flooding of low-lying areas.

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

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: 5157460.