Apr 16, 2018
The second week of April brought a period of wet weather to northeast Washington. Boundary Dam measured 1.79 inches of rain between April 11th and the 17th. Newport measured 1.6 inches during the same period and Mazama measured 1.01 inches. Holden Village recording 1.48 inches. All of this rain lead to saturated ground conditions by the beginning of the third week of April and set the stage for a rash of areal floods and debris flows in the mountainous areas of northeast Washington. Okanogan Cou
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 750957). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Pend Oreille County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.