Alaska, 2002

Flooding in Alaska, October 23 to 31, 2002

October 23 to 31, 2002 · NWS AFC · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$20 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 forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Anchorage, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 22, 4:30 PM AST, 9 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 22, 4:30 PM AST, 9 hours 15 minutes before
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Event by event

2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Kenai Peninsula

When
October 23, 1:45 AM AST to October 31, 10:00 AM AST
Where
Kenai Peninsula forecast zone
Property damage
$10 million
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Rain began to fall across the Kenai Peninsula October 22nd. The rain continued to fall at moderate to heavy rates through the 24th of October. The storm that produced this heavy rainfall was a 975 mb low that moved to the southern tip of the Alaska Peninsula then to the Pribilof Island area by October 24th. This storm produced rainfall amounts up to 16 inches over this time period. The heaviest rainfall amounts were centered over the southern Kenai Mountains adjacent to the Nuka Glacier.

Flood, Wrn P.W. Snd & Kenai Mtns

When
October 23, 1:45 AM AST to October 25, 10:00 AM AST
Where
Wrn P.W. Snd & Kenai Mtns forecast zone
Property damage
$10 million
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

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

Every storm in Alaska in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, October 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: 5319933, 5319934.