Severe Flood ● Monitoring
Flood Watch issued October 16 at 8:30AM AKDT until October 16 at 1:00PM AKDT by NWS Juneau AK, United States of America
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Rain showers following a strong system continues through Friday
morning, keeping potential for flooding along small creeks. Multiple
waves moving up brought persistent moderate to heavy rain for much
of the southern half of the panhandle, with the heaviest rain
expected through Thursday night.
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
possible.
* WHERE...The following area, Southern Inner Channels. This includes
the cities of Ketchikan And Metlakatla.
* WHEN...Until 1 PM AKDT this afternoon.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, other low-lying areas and flood-prone locations.
Street flooding and flooding of creeks and rivers are possible.
Isolated landslides are possible in areas of steep terrain.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Rain amounts for the Ketchikan and Annette Island area have
reached around 4 to 6 inches, with higher rain totals up to 8
inches falling by the morning along favoring southern facing
mountain sides. While the heavy rain has largely ended this
morning, the multiple rounds of heavy rainfall from Thursday and
overnight keep potential for flooding and ponding over roads into
the morning hours.
Measurements
| Coordinates | 39.9645, -100.8105 |
|---|---|
| Region | Ketchikan Gateway Borough; Annette Island |
| Location Precision | country |
| Issuing Authority | United States of America — us-noaa-nws-en |
| Cap Urgency | Future |
| Cap Certainty | Possible |
| Cap Expires | 2026-10-16T13:00:00-08:00 |
Official source
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Internet connectivity at the time
Internet connectivity in United States dropped 32 hours after this event, and stayed disrupted for about 1 hour.
From 18 Oct 2026 00:00 UTC to 18 Oct 2026 01:00 UTC. Detected by active probing — networks that stopped answering.
Internet outages have many causes — damaged cables, power failures, network maintenance and deliberate shutdowns among them. IODA detects the loss of connectivity and does not attribute it to anything. This is shown because it happened at the same time, not because one caused the other.
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Area as the agency stated it: Ketchikan Gateway Borough; Annette Island
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