Spills · oil
2024 mendenhall glacier flood event; juneau, ak
NOAAORR-10831
- issued
- 2024-08-04 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2024-08-18 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2024-08-18 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia
- position
- 58.387, -134.589
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
2024 Mendenhall Glacier Flood Event; Juneau, AK. Juneau, AK 99801, USA. 1. On August 4, 2024, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation notified the Alaska SSC of a developing flood event at the Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, AK, from Suicide Basin. This basin has released glacier lake outburst floods that cause inundation along Mendenhall Lake and Mendenhall River multiple times each year with a record major flood event in the summer of 2023. 2. THREAT: OIL. 3. POSITION 58.387N 134.589W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10831: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10831
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- Mendenhall glacier flood outburst 2026; juneau, alaska2026-08-11
- On july 23, 2026, the U.S2026-07-23
- Coast guard MH-60 helicopter, air station sitka; sitka, alaska2026-06-22
- 103 metlakatla st, sitka, ak 99835, USA2026-01-12
- Juneau, ak, USA2025-12-31
- On 9/24/25, the U.S2025-09-24
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Timeline · 2 messages since 2024-07-11 · closed 2024-08-18
- Juneau, ak 99801, USA2024-07-11 → 2024-07-25
- 2024 mendenhall glacier flood event; juneau, ak this message2024-08-04 → 2024-08-18
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