May 27, 2011
A wet spring season continued for the Inland Northwest during the last week of May as another, wet storm system moved through the region producing in the neighborhood of half to one and a half inches of liquid precipitation over Northern Washington May 25-26th. Many basins were already swollen from wet conditions and excessive snowmelt earlier in the month and soils were very saturated and unstable in some locations. As a result, rivers, small streams, and creeks continued to rise near bankfull
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 303745). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Okanogan County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.