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Flood in Anchorage Muni To Bird Creek, Alaska

Flood November 26, 2023 · Anchorage Muni To Bird Creek, Alaska

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What the National Weather Service wrote

Street flooding at the intersection of Baxter Road at Northern Lights Blvd. Water was over 1 ft. deep with chunks of ice in the water. Cars were impaired by flooding and snow covered roadways forcing cars to drive into the flooded area.

The wider storm

Warming temperatures and areas of mixed rain and snow caused snowmelt flooding of streets across Anchorage. Rainfall of 0.30 combined with the warming temperatures overran storm drains which were covered in ice and snow and unable to contain the runoff.

Began near Anchorage (61.1952, -149.7636).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1142158. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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