The remnants of an intense Bering Sea storm moved into the Gulf of Alaska September 14th through the 16th bringing heavy rain to southeast Prince William Sound. 61 inches of rain beginning September 12th through September 16th.
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The episode as NWS AFC wrote it up.
The remnants of an intense Bering Sea storm moved into the Gulf of Alaska September 14th through the 16th bringing heavy rain to southeast Prince William Sound. Cordova reported 10.61 inches of rain beginning September 12th through September 16th. The heaviest rain fell on September 13th, 4.94 inches in 24 hours. The heavy rainfall resulted in water flooding and causing minor erosion along the Copper River Highway and Eyak Lake Road. These roads were temporarily closed to traffic due to the minor flooding and erosion.
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 14, 4:48 AM AKST, 6 hours 12 minutes earlier.
SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 548 AM AKDT SUN SEP 14 2014 .ANALYSIS AND UPPER LEVELS... THE NEGATIVE TILTED RIDGE HAS MOVED EASTWARD AND POSITIONED OVER THE YUKON TERRITORY EXTENDING TO THE NORTHWEST TOWARDS BARROW. THE SURFACE HAS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN GULF JUST APPROACHING KODIAK ISLAND. THERE IS A SOUTHERLY 100 KNOT MERIDIONAL JET STREAK THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE GULF EXTENDING THROUGH PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND INTO THE INTERIOR. THE SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A LARGE PLUME OF MOISTURE FROM THE NORTHERN GULF NORTHWARD INTO THE BROOKS RANGE. THE STRONG CLOSED UPPER LEVEL LOW IS LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN ALUETIAN CHAIN THIS MORNING. THE SURFACE OBSERVATION ALONG THE ALASKA PENINSULA AND EASTERN ALEUTIANS ARE REPORTING GUSTY WINDS WITH STRATUS AND SHOWERS. && .MODEL DISCUSSION... THE MODELS CONTINUE TO BE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE STRONG OCCLUDED LOW OVER THE EASTERN BERING SEA BEFORE TRACKING INLAND NEAR DILLINGHAM BY MONDAY MORNING. THE OCCLUDED FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH KODIAK THIS MORNING AND TRACK INTO THE NORTHERN GULF EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE GFS WAS THE PREFERRED MODEL FOR THE BERING SEA AND SOUTHWEST ALASKA...THE NAM/ECMWF WERE USED FOR SOUTHEAST ALASKA AND THE GULF. THE GFS WAS HANDLING THE QPF WELL AND THE NAM WAS QUICKER WITH PRECIPITATION. THE FORECAST CONFIDENCE REMAINS GOOD GOING INTO THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. && .SHORT TERM FORECAST... SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA... THE NORTHERN GULF COASTLINE WILL CONTINUE WITH ONSHORE FLOW AND THE INTERIOR WILL RECEIVE MORE CLOUDS/RAIN AND RAIN MAYBE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGHOUT TODAY. THE SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM AKDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS NEAR CORDOVA AND VALDEZ. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO TAPPER OFF WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY THIS AFTERNOON. THE STREAMS AND RIVER BANKS WILL BEGIN TO START RECEDING GOING INTO THE EVENING. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL ROTATE THROUGH KODIAK UP THROUGH THE KENAI PENINSULA TODAY. THIS WILL POSSIBLY KICK OFF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AROUND THE KODIAK WATERS/KENAI PENINSULA AND THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE SUSITNA VALLEY. SOUTHWEST ALASKA... THE STRONG OCCLUDED LOW IN THE EASTERN BERING SEA WILL TRACK INTO BRISTOL BAY BY SUNDAY EVENING AND MOVE INLAND NEAR DILLINGHAM BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE SOUTHWEST COASTLINE WILL HAVE GUSTY WINDS THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING IN THE EARLY EVENING. THERE WILL BE PERIODS OF RAIN AS THE LOW MOVES INLAND AND WILL TRANSITION TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AS THE LOW TRACKS FARTHER INLAND. BERING SEA/ALEUTIANS... THE EASTERN ALEUTIANS WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WESTERLY WINDS THIS MORNING AS THE OCCLUDED LOW TRACKS INTO BRISTOL BAY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL PRODUCE SHOWERY PRECIPITATION FOR THE EASTERN BERING SEA THROUGH MONDAY. A WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN UPSTREAM OVER THE CENTRAL ALEUTIANS AND BRING STRATUS/FOG TO THE CENTRAL BERING SEA/CENTRAL ALEUTIANS. BY MONDAY A WEAK NORTH PACIFIC LOW WILL APPROACH THE WESTERN ALEUTIANS AND TRACK ALONG THE ALEUTIAN CHAIN. && .LONG TERM FORECAST (SEPT 18TH - SEPT 21)... THE BERING SEA WILL HAVE PREDOMINANTLY NORTHERLY WINDS WITH A LOW PARKED OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA. THIS WILL PRODUCE SHOWERY PRECIPITATION WITH AN UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE CENTRAL BERING SEA. THERE IS A NEGATIVE TILTED RIDGE OVER SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA EXTENDING INTO BARROW AND A POSITIVE TILTED RIDGE OVER KAMCHATKA PENINSULA. THIS WILL KEEP AN UPPER LEVEL LOW POSITIONED OVER THE CENTRAL BERING SEA FOR SEVERAL DAYS. THE SOUTHCENTRAL AND GULF WILL HAVE A SURFACE LOW GRADUALLY MOVING FROM THE WESTERN GULF INTO THE CENTRAL GULF. THIS WILL BRING A RAINY PATTERN WITH CONTINUED ONSHORE FLOW. && .AFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PUBLIC...SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY...131 135. MARINE...GALE WARNING...130 155 170 172. FIRE WEATHER...NONE. && PLD SEP 14
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Cordova and Valdez area DOT reported local minor flooding across some roads in the area.
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