Coastal Flood, Srn Seward Peninsula Coast
- When
- October 4, 11:00 PM AKST to October 5, 11:00 PM AKST
- Where
- Srn Seward Peninsula Coast forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS Employee
Coastal Flood in Alaska, October 4 to 5, 2012
A strong 972 mb low 300 miles southwest of Nome produced a long fetch of strong winds and waves to the Seward Peninsula from Cape Darby to Cape Rodney on Oct 4th. This raised sea levels 4 to 5 feet above normal and caused minor flooding to some unprotected roads.
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.
A strong 972 mb low 300 miles southwest of Nome produced a long fetch of strong winds and waves to the Seward Peninsula from Cape Darby to Cape Rodney on Oct 4th. This raised sea levels 4 to 5 feet above normal and caused minor flooding to some unprotected roads. NWS Staff at Nome reported minor flooding at Belmont Point and some spray at the dock. No damage reported.
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 Oct 4, 2:00 PM AKST, 9 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 4, 2:00 PM AKST, 9 hours before
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1 coastal flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Wildfire in Washington, October 4 to 13, 2012
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, October 4, 2012
- Winter Storm in North Dakota, October 4, 2012
- Frost and Freeze in Colorado, October 4, 2012
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Gulf of Mexico, October 4, 2012
- Hail in Kansas, October 4, 2012
- Heavy Rain in Florida, October 4, 2012
- Marine High Wind in Lake Superior, October 4 to 5, 2012
- Frost and Freeze in Oregon, October 4, 2012
- Frost and Freeze in California, October 4, 2012
- Frost and Freeze in Idaho, October 4, 2012
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, October 4, 2012
More
Every storm in Alaska in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, October 2012
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: 411601.