Alaska, 2007

Coastal Flood in Alaska, September 18 to 19, 2007

September 18 to 19, 2007 · NWS AFG · 1 event in 1 county or zone

The weather front from a large storm in the Bering Sea moved north over western Alaska and brought east to southeast winds of 26 knots (30 mph) to 39 knots (45 mph) near Deering on the night of the 18th. This created a combination of locally high sea level and ocean waves which flooded the road between the village of Deering and the Deering airport during the night of the 18th.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
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.

What happened

The episode as NWS AFG wrote it up.

The weather front from a large storm in the Bering Sea moved north over western Alaska and brought east to southeast winds of 26 knots (30 mph) to 39 knots (45 mph) near Deering on the night of the 18th. This created a combination of locally high sea level and ocean waves which flooded the road between the village of Deering and the Deering airport during the night of the 18th. Damage amounts are unknown but expected to be minimal.

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 Fairbanks, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 18, 8:37 AM AKST, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 18, 8:37 AM AKST, 2 hours 53 minutes before
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Event by event

1 coastal flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Coastal Flood, Nrn & Intr. Seward Peninsula

When
September 18, 11:30 AM AKST to September 19, 2:00 AM AKST
Where
Nrn & Intr. Seward Peninsula forecast zone
Reported by
Public

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

More

Every storm in Alaska in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, September 2007

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: 60838.