Flood, Srn Seward Peninsula Coast
- When
- May 21, 10:00 AM AST to May 24, 10:00 AM AST
- Where
- Srn Seward Peninsula Coast forecast zone
- Property damage
- $1.0 million
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Flooding in Alaska, May 21 to 31, 2002
Record high temperatures over the Seward Peninsula increased snowmelt rapidly causing the flooding of the Snake River which ran over the Kougarok Road in many places. Small streams over the western Seward Peninsula also flooded portions of the Taylor Highway and the Council Highway (all gravel roads).
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $1.0 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS AFG wrote it up.
Record high temperatures over the Seward Peninsula increased snowmelt rapidly causing the flooding of the Snake River which ran over the Kougarok Road in many places. Small streams over the western Seward Peninsula also flooded portions of the Taylor Highway and the Council Highway (all gravel roads). The damage amount is the total for both zones.
Event by event
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Nrn & Intr. Seward Peninsula
- When
- May 21, 12:00 PM AST to May 31, 12:00 PM AST
- Where
- Nrn & Intr. Seward Peninsula forecast zone
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
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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- High Wind in Colorado, May 21, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Montana, May 21, 2002
- High Wind in Colorado, May 21, 2002
- High Wind in Nebraska, May 21, 2002
- High Wind in Kansas, May 21, 2002
- High Wind in Colorado, May 21, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Montana, May 21 to 22, 2002
- High Wind in South Dakota, May 21, 2002
- High Wind in New Mexico, May 21, 2002
More
Every storm in Alaska in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, May 2002
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: 5296580, 5296581.