Alaska, 2006

Coastal Flood in Alaska, September 6 to 8, 2006

September 6 to 8, 2006 · NWS AFC · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

The Remnants of super typhoon Ioke moved into the Bering Sea September 7th and 8th. This storm produced strong west wind across the Bering Sea that produced seas in excess of 30 feet.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
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 AFC wrote it up.

The Remnants of super typhoon Ioke moved into the Bering Sea September 7th and 8th. This storm produced strong west wind across the Bering Sea that produced seas in excess of 30 feet. this surge coincided with very high astronomical tides along the Bristol Bay coast and the coast of the Kuskokwim Delta. The combination of the storm surge and the very high tides produced minor coastal flooding along the Bristol Bay coast and the Kuskokwim Delta coast.

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 Sep 6, 4:00 PM AST, 7 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 6, 4:00 PM AST, 7 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA
500 PM ADT WED SEP 6 2006

.DISCUSSION...
GFS MODEL WITH SOME ADJUSTMENTS USED FOR AFTERNOON FORECAST PACKAGES.

.EAST...LOWER 990S MB LOW APPEARS TO BE STALLING OVER THE GULF OF
ALASKA. THIS CENTER WILL WEAKEN AS IT BECOMES STAKED WITH UPPER
CENTER TONIGHT AND SLOWLY DRIFT NORTH THURSDAY. STRONG WINDS OVER
MUCH OF THE NORTH GULF WILL SETTLE DOWN CONSIDERABLY BY MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT. EXPECT NEXT MOISTURE SURGE TO MOVE INTO SOUTHCENTRAL/NORTH
GULF WITH APPROACH OF BERING SEA STORM THU NIGHT AND FRIDAY.

.WEST...STORM MOVING INTO THE WESTERN BERING SEA IS SO FAR ON COURSE.
12Z GFS RUN HAS TRENDED TO A MORE SOUTHERLY MOVEMENT. NCEP MODEL AND
UKMET/ECMWF ALL THEN TO MERGE NEAR THE SW COAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENTUALLY DROP CENTER SOUTH OF THE AK PEN SAT/SUN. EXPECT STORM TO
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTH AND WEST QUADS OF STORM
CENTER AS IT DROPS INTO THE 960S TONIGHT. COASTAL FLOOD CONDITIONS
WITH STRONG WINDS MOVING INTO SW ALASKA WILL PRODUCE STORM SURGES OF
1 TO 3 FT ALONG COASTAL LOCALS FROM HOOPER BAY TO NUSHAGAK BAY
TONIGHT AND THURSDAY NIGHT. EXPECT AS WINDS DIMINISH AND LOW STARTS
SHIFTING SOUTH THAT SURF SHOULD SETTLE DOWN. MODEL QPF VALUES ALONG
THE SOUTHWEST COAST RANGE FROM 1.5 TO NEAR 2.5 INCHES THROUGH FRIDAY.

.AER/ALU...WATCH/WARNING SUMMARY
PUBLIC...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING ZONES 155 AND 161. NUMEROUS STRONG
WIND HEADLINES.
MARINE...STORM 170, 171, 172, 175, 176, 179, 185
         GALE 120, 130, 150, 155, 160, 165, 180
FIRE WEATHER...NONE.

RMC SEP 06

Event by event

2 coastal flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Coastal Flood, Kuskokwim Delta

When
September 6, 11:00 PM AST to September 8, 2:00 AM AST
Where
Kuskokwim Delta forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Coastal Flood, Bristol Bay

When
September 6, 11:00 PM AST to September 7, 1:00 AM AST
Where
Bristol Bay forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

What these are

Coastal Flood
Flooding of coastal land by the sea, from storm surge, onshore wind or high tides.

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5533225, 5533226.