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NWAK51 PAFC 162241
LSRAFC
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
240 PM AKDT WED SEP 16 2026
.TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON
.DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.
..REMARKS..
1115 AM FLOOD NAPASKIAK 60.71N 161.77W
09/15/2026 BETHEL AK PUBLIC
OBSERVER IN NAPASKIAK CALLED AROUND HIGH
TIDE. ALL LOW LYING AREAS WERE PONDING WATER
AND THE KUSKO WAS AT OR JUST OVER BANK.
SIMILAR CONDITIONS WERE OCCURING IN BETHEL,
NAPAKIAK, AND OSCARVILLE.
0900 AM FLOOD BETHEL 60.79N 161.75W
09/15/2026 BETHEL AK PUBLIC
REPORTS AND IMAGERY ON SOCIAL MEDIA SHOW
MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AREAS OF BETHEL.
THIS INCLUDE WATER ACROSS THE ROAD IN FRONT
(/1ST) ST., AS WELL AS BY EDDIE HOFFMAN /
BRIDGE AVE NEAR THE BROWN SLOUGH BRIDGE, AND
IN THE LOW-LYING AREAS BY THE ALLIGATOR
ACRES NEIGHBORHOOD. IMAGERY SHOWS WATER LESS
THAN 2 FT IN MOST OF THESE LOCATIONS. THE
BETA2 RIVER GAUGE (KUSKOKWIM AT BETHEL) ROSE
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AT 6:50 AM ON 9/15 AND
CRESTED AT 9.4 FT AT 9:50 AM ON 9/15. RIVER
LEVELS REMAIN PRIMARILY ABOVE FLOOD STAGE,
FLUCTUATING PARTIALLY WITH THE TIDAL CYCLE.
THE FLOOD IS A RESULT OF A COMBINATION OF
HIGH WATER IN THE KUSKOKWIM FROM HEAVY
RAINFALL AND COASTAL FLOODING / COASTAL HIGH
WATER THAT RESULTS IN THE WATER GETTING
BACKED UP.
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