Jan 1, 1997
A warm southwest flow pushed temperatures into the 60s New Years Eve Day with the freezing lifting to above 10,000 ft. Melting snow and copious amount of rain drove rivers and streams well above flood stageacross Southern Oregon New Years Day with wide spread flooding through Jan 3. The basin average storm total rainfall for the New Years Day storm averaged 2-4 inches with rainfall amounts excess 8 inches. Strong winds spread across Southern Oregon with Cape Blanco reporting 100+ mph winds...s
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5603536). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in South Central Oregon County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.