Taiya Inlet storm history

As the atmospheric river moved over the northern inner channels of Southeast Alaska it produced significant amount of precipitation from December 1-2. The snow level was near sea level at the on December 1 with accumulations of 5 to 7 inches with as much as 40 inches at high elev…

A sudden wind shift to the south from a squall line measured a peak gust of 59mph at the Skagway Airport at 515pm and a peak gust of 52mph at the same time at the Skagway Harbor. Some missing data that was automatically QC'd out from the Marine Exchange station was later recovere…

Very anomalously warm temperatures along with heavy rain moved into the northern inner channels of Southeast Alaska. This caused the Taiya River to rise at a very steep rate through the late evening hours of October 16th into the early morning hours on October 17th. The river was…

The water levels along the Taiya River were running above normal from previous rain events and was about one foot below bankful. Moderate rain along with very warm temperatures associated with a strong atmospheric river moved over the northern inner channels of Southeast Alaska t…

The water levels along the Taiya River were receding from a previous rain event that produced some minor flooding on September 29th and was near to just below bankful levels by the afternoon hours of September 30th. Moderate to heavy rain along with very warm temperatures associa…

The Taiya River began to rise from the heavy rain and ice melt in the early evening of September 25th with it going above minor flood stage of 16.5 feet by the early morning of September 26th. As the heavy rain persisted along with enhanced runoff from the warm temperaturesin the…

The atmospheric river produced 1 to 2 inches fell over 24hrs with highest rainfall amounts at higher elevations. In addition to the rainfall there was significant snow and ice melt from very warm temps in the headwaters of the Taiya River basin and the main tributary of the Norse…

The Taiya River was steadily rising through August 12th from persistent precipitation and ice melt from glaciers higher up in the headwaters and the river water levels went over minor flood stage of 16.5 feet around 1500AKDT. The precipitation continued through the evening hours …

There was a rain event to prime soils a day before the flooding event after a very dry period for the northern inner channels of Southeast Alaska. Moderate to heavy rains moved over the area on September 20th. The high rain rates continued for the next forty-eight hours. Rainfall…

After a very dry period for the northern inner channels of Southeast Alaska moderate to heavy rains moved over the area on August 7th. The high rain rates continued for the next forty-eight to seventy-two hours. Rainfall totals from this time frame ranged from two to three inches…

The Taiya River continued to rise at a steep rate for 36 hours from the moderate rainfall. The river went above moderate flood stage of 17 feet in the late afternoon hours on September 27th and did not go below that threshold until the early morning of September 28th. The Chilkoo…

The Taiya River started a steep rise in the mid afternoon of September 6th and went above minor flood stage of 16.5 feet during the evening hours. There was about ankle deep water in the lower portions of the Chilkoot Trail within the Klondike Gold rush Historical Park near Skagw…

The atmospheric river moved across the the panhandle from the northeast gulf coast to the southern panhandle Monday through Tuesday morning. There were two bursts of heavy ran with totals near seal level ranging from three quarters of an inch to just over one inch. There was much…

After a stretch of warm dry weather the Taiya River slowly rose in a diurnal trend from the snow and ice melt in the headwaters of the basin from the 11th through the 12th. A strong and moist weather front moved over the northern inner channels of Southeast Alaska from August 13t…

Five days after a very wet weather system moved over the northern inner channels another moist front moved over the area. The weather system moved over the northern inner channels of Southeast Alaska on July 28th. Rain amounts ranged from three quarters of an inches near sea leve…

After a very dry period for the northern inner channels of Southeast Alaska moderate to heavy rains moved into the area on July 22nd. The high rain rates continued for the next 24 to 36 hours. Rainfall totals from this time frame ranged from around three quarters of an inch near …

There was constant rain in the headwaters of the Taiya River basin from September 27-30. The water levels began to rise on the 28th from the first stalled warm front and continue on a stead climb through the 29th from about three to four inches in 48 hours. The more significant c…

The heavy to moderate rainfall began in the early morning hours of September 10th as a warm front moved over northern Southeast Alaska. Another warm front moved over the area in the late afternoon and the cold front was into Canada by the early morning on the 11th. Rainfall amoun…

Heavy rain moved over the area through the day on the 18th and the Taiya River began to rise significantly through the day as the moist weather front moved over Southeast Alaska. The freezing levels were very high and ample amount of moist as the front had sub-tropical characteri…

Moderate rain began to fall over the Taiya River basin in the early morning hours of September 21st. The moderate rain continued through the early evening hours and by the time the rain stopped the Skagway airport received record rainfall for that day with one point fourteen inch…

The northern inner channels have been very wet so far this summer and any time moderate rain moved over the area the Taiya River waters levels went over their banks, this event was no different. Record rain fell over the area the on August 15th with about a one half of an inch ne…

Steady moderate rain began to fall over the Taiya River basin on Sunday August 10 from a slow moving warm front. This front produced daily record precipitation records for the day at the Skagway airport with zero point sixty-two inches and at the Skagway power COOP station. The r…

The northern inner channels has been very wet into the early summer. That portion of the HSA is usually one of the driest locations in Southeast Alaska. The wet soils from the moist antecedent conditions has made the Taiya River basin very susceptible to flooding along the Chillk…

Moderate rain begin to fall over the Taiya River basin on Thursday July 3. The rain that fell primed the ground and raised the river level to near bankful stage. There was a short break in the rainfall intensity but then it increased through early Friday morning July 4 and persis…

A strong moist weather front moved over the far northern inner channels of Southeast Alaska and produced high rainfall rates along with amounts. Rain amounts ranged from one to two inches with more at higher elevations. Most of the rain fell over Wednesday night into Thursday mor…

The ground was already saturated from previous rain events and most of the rainfall turned into strait runoff and flowed into the Taiya River. Rain amounts ranged from two to tree inches in 24hrs. The river level rose several feet the first day to be above minor flood stage. Then…

There were two days of above normal temperatures with a lot of snow at high elevations. The warm temperatures increased the snow melt for two days and continued to produce snow melt runoff into the Tiaya River. There was also some thunderstorms in the area that was producing very…

The temperatures soared into the eighties for the first time in the 2012 summer season and lasted a few days. The above normal temperatures produced significant snow-melt from a above normal snow pack due to cold spring temperatures. The snow-melt runoff produced flooding along t…