Flash Flood in Cook Inlet, Alaska

Flash Flood October 17, 1999 – October 18, 1999 · Cook Inlet, Alaska

What the National Weather Service wrote

A flash flood watch was issued for streams on the Cook Inlet side of the Kenai Peninsula late Sunday based on reports of locally heavy rainfall reports (around 1 inch/6 hours). Kenai recorded nearly 1 1/2 inches of rain in less than 12 hours...with nearly equal amounts recorded at the Swanson River site.The flash flood watch was cancelled at 10:30 am Monday. Stream levels were reported locally high, but crested below flood stage. No flash flooding was actually reported.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5717380. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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