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Flood — Wasco, OR

Aug 9, 2019

Flood Cause
Heavy Rain

A powerful upper storm system combined with modest low and mid level moisture to yield scattered strong to severe storms and flash flooding. Storms developed first across the higher terrain of central Oregon nearer the Cascades and adjacent Ochoco mountains. Storms then built northward with hail and damaging winds along the way.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 853637). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Wasco, OR

This event is one of many recorded floods in Wasco County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.

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