Alaska, 2002

Flooding in Alaska, May 13 to 21, 2002

May 13 to 21, 2002 · NWS AFC · 2 events in 1 county or zone

2 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$2.2 million
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.

Event by event

2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Kuskokwim Delta

When
May 13, 3:40 AM AST to May 17, 11:00 AM AST
Where
Kuskokwim Delta forecast zone
Property damage
$2.2 million
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Ice Jam flooding due to spring breakup in Aniak.

Flood, Kuskokwim Delta

When
May 16, 2:00 PM AST to May 21, 11:00 AM AST
Where
Kuskokwim Delta forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Ice Jam flooding due to spring breakup in Kwethluk. Water reported just over bank, resulting in minor street flooding with water surrounding homes.

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: 5290670, 5290754.