May 19, 2008
Unseasonably warm temperatures led to significant mountain snow melt. This led to a section of a road washing out along Highway 206 in Mount Spokane State Park. This resulted from a creek which overwhelmed a culvert pipe, undercutting a large section of asphalt. The exact start and end times of this event are estimated. Meanwhile, minor flooding resulted on rivers in central and eastern Washington. In Eastern Washington, The Spokane River at Spokane crested at 28.4 feet at 12:00 PM PST on May
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 103354). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Spokane County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.