Alaska, 2002

Flooding in Alaska, May 10 to 13, 2002

May 10 to 13, 2002 · NWS AFC · 3 events in 1 county or zone

3 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$1.0 million
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

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

3 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Kuskokwim Valley

When
May 10, 5:40 PM AST to May 13, 11:00 AM AST
Where
Kuskokwim Valley forecast zone
Property damage
$754,000
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Ice Jam flooding due to spring breakup in Crooked Creek.

Flood, Kuskokwim Valley

When
May 10, 6:40 PM AST to May 13, 11:00 AM AST
Where
Kuskokwim Valley forecast zone
Property damage
$111,000
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Ice Jam flooding due to spring breakup in Sleetmute.

Flood, Kuskokwim Valley

When
May 10, 7:40 PM AST to May 13, 11:00 AM AST
Where
Kuskokwim Valley forecast zone
Property damage
$137,000
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Ice Jam flooding due to spring breakup in Red Devil.

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: 5290669, 5290667, 5290668.