Flood, Middle Tanana Valley
- When
- April 30, 12:00 PM AST to 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Middle Tanana Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
Flood in Alaska, April 30, 2002
Heavy rains during the 25th to 27th on an existing snowpack in the area created high runoff beginning on the 30th. This caused the Chatanika River where it flows along the Steese Highway north of Fairbanks to cause the road at mile 47 to wash out, closing the highway for several days.
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 AFG wrote it up.
Heavy rains during the 25th to 27th on an existing snowpack in the area created high runoff beginning on the 30th. This caused the Chatanika River where it flows along the Steese Highway north of Fairbanks to cause the road at mile 47 to wash out, closing the highway for several days. The combined rainfall and melted snow amount at Fairbanks from the 25th through the 29th totaled 2.26 inches. The total April liquid precipitation was 2.99 inches, nearly 15 times above the average amount for April. Event continued into May 2002.
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.
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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: 5288772.