Flash Flood in Alaska, May 7, 2002

Name: Flash Flood in Alaska, May 7, 2002
Start: 2002-05-07T00:00
End: 2002-05-07T23:59
Location: Alaska

May 7, 2002 · 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: $1.0 million
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, Bristol Bay

When: May 7, 12:00 AM AST to 11:59 PM AST
Where: Bristol Bay County, Ekwok
Property damage: $1.0 million
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

An ice jam caused the Nushagak to rise quickly about 3:30 am, putting homes in Ekwok under as much as 2 feet of water and flooding the power plant and bulk fuel storage areas. The flooding destroyed smokehouses and fish drying racks and damaged homes near the river. Waters were receding Tuesday. Six families were evacuated over the weekend...but were back in their homes late Tuesday.Flooding put the town's generators under 1.5 feet of water and moved the power plant building a half-foot from its foundation. The flooding also caused used motor oil stored in 55 gallon drums outside the plant to spill.The town requested that the governor declare a disaster, thus enabling Ekwok to be eligible for emergency funds to repair the damage.

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

Every storm in Alaska in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5296615.