Flood in Taiya Inlet, Alaska

Flood June 23, 2012 – June 25, 2012 · Taiya Inlet, Alaska

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

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 the Taiya River and inundated portions of the Chillkoot Trial with up to two feet of water in places. The river gauge crested at 17.2 FT with the moderate flood stage established at 17.0 FT.

The wider storm

First extended period of above normal temperatures of the season produced moderate flooding along the Taiya River area from snowmelt of the snow pack at higher elevations.

Began near Skagway (59.6121, -135.3332).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 478952. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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