Alaska, 2000

Flash Flood in Alaska, September 24, 2000

September 24, 2000 · NWS AFC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$5,000
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 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Copper River Basin

When
September 24, 12:00 AM AST to 4:45 PM AST
Where
Copper River Basin County, McCarthy
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heavy rains and upper elevation snowmelt combined to bring small streams and rivers to flood stage around McCarthy. Minor flooding was reported around McCarthy Creek, with the road to town reportedly under water for several days.

What these are

Flash Flood
Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

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: 5173230.