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Got a new NOAA Weather Radio to receive warnings for the next Mendenhall Flood? Here are instructions for how to set it up to make sure you get the alerts!
A warming trend is expected through the week with highs by Wednesday in the mid to upper 70s. Some low 80s possible, especially Thursday and Friday. Winds will remain on the weaker side, though afternoon sea breezes may increase toward end of week.
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Click here to visit the Suicide Basin monitoring page. You can use this page for updates throughout the GLOF season to see what the condition are within the basin.

Monitoring Equipment Status:

The USGS monitoring equipment, the laser data and cameras are working.

Currently both the front and main basin cameras are sending images every 2 hour from 6am to 8pm AKDT.

The USGS installed a overflow channel camera and it is sending images. Images are sent hourly via the cell network but only sends images during low network traffic. The USGS also added a second overflow camera to the left of the current view of the overflow channel with images taken on the same schedule as the front and main basin images.

Got a new NOAA Weather Radio to receive warnings for the next Mendenhall Flood? Here are instructions for how to set it up to make sure you get the alerts!

Last Webpage Update:
9:00 pm August 13th, 2026

NWS will continue to monitor the basin and this page will be updated every 2 hours throughout the event.

Mendenhall River Stage | Height:
Minor Flood Stage | 9.41 ft and falling

The Mendenhall River crested at 14.7 ft around 2:15 pm on Thursday, August 13th.

Current Basin Status: Release Has Ended
A release from Suicide Basin has ended. Water levels on the USGS laser data and monitoring equipment continue to drop after the release, with the current water level within Suicide Basin around 893 ft.

Here is the NWS event report from the record 16.65ft major flooding event that occurred on August 13th 2025.

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Monitoring Equipment Status:

Last Webpage Update: 9:00 pm August 13th, 2026

Last Webpage Update:
9:00 pm August 13th, 2026