113 first-hand accounts of flood events in Oregon, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A series of slow moving fronts brought periods of heavy rain along with strong winds. This resulted in high surf; coastal, river and urban flooding; landslides; and debris flows.
Read the full account →A series of slow moving fronts brought periods of heavy rain along with strong winds. This resulted in high surf; coastal, river and urban flooding; landslides; and debris flows.
Read the full account →A series of slow moving fronts brought periods of heavy rain along with strong winds. This resulted in high surf; coastal, river and urban flooding; landslides; and debris flows.
Read the full account →A series of slow moving fronts brought periods of heavy rain along with strong winds. This resulted in high surf; coastal, river and urban flooding; landslides; and debris flows.
Read the full account →A series of slow moving fronts brought periods of heavy rain along with strong winds. This resulted in high surf; coastal, river and urban flooding; landslides; and debris flows.
Read the full account →A series of slow moving fronts brought periods of heavy rain along with strong winds. This resulted in high surf; coastal, river and urban flooding; landslides; and debris flows.
Read the full account →A series of slow moving fronts brought periods of heavy rain along with strong winds. This resulted in high surf; coastal, river and urban flooding; landslides; and debris flows.
Read the full account →A series of slow moving fronts brought periods of heavy rain along with strong winds. This resulted in high surf; coastal, river and urban flooding; landslides; and debris flows.
Read the full account →A series of slow moving fronts brought periods of heavy rain along with strong winds. This resulted in high surf; coastal, river and urban flooding; landslides; and debris flows.
Read the full account →Around two inches of rain fell on snow in the upper basin of Squaw Creek on Thanksgiving day. This resulted in significant erosion of the bank of Squaw Creek adjacent to the State Highway 20 bridge just southeast of Sisters.
Read the full account →A major severe weather event by Pacific Northwest standards occurred over central and northeast Oregon and southeast Washington on May 30th. A powerful upper level storm system moved across the area during the afternoon and evening helping to trigger severe thunderstorms.
Read the full account →An eastward-moving upper level trough and associated area of surface low pressure moved across northwest Oregon and southwest Washington September 17-18, resulting in fairly widespread showers and thunderstorms beginning late in the afternoon of the 17th through most of the day…
Read the full account →During the afternoon of June 12th a severe thunderstorm moved through the Juntura area of southeast Oregon. Dime size hail was reported at Juntura. East of Juntura the storm triggered a flash flood onto Highway 21 near milepost 202.
Read the full account →A deep low pressure system anchored in the Gulf of Alaska and a zonal flow pattern across the Pacific Northwest and Intermountain West provided the right ingredients for a sustained moisture plume which produced convection and periods of moderate to heavy rain over a three day…
Read the full account →A moist southwest flow aloft and building instability at the surface allowed for thunderstorms to develop throughout the day on May 15th. Several thunderstorms that produced periods of heavy rainfall trained over areas of central OR, which result in localized flooding across…
Read the full account →A particularly strong atmospheric river took aim for the south Willamette Valley, sitting over areas south of Salem for two days, producing anywhere from 2.5 to 5 inches of rain over a 48 hour period.
Read the full account →A particularly strong atmospheric river took aim for the south Willamette Valley, sitting over areas south of Salem for two days, producing anywhere from 2.5 to 5 inches of rain over a 48 hour period.
Read the full account →A particularly strong atmospheric river took aim for the south Willamette Valley, sitting over areas south of Salem for two days, producing anywhere from 2.5 to 5 inches of rain over a 48 hour period.
Read the full account →A particularly strong atmospheric river took aim for the south Willamette Valley, sitting over areas south of Salem for two days, producing anywhere from 2.5 to 5 inches of rain over a 48 hour period.
Read the full account →A particularly strong atmospheric river took aim for the south Willamette Valley, sitting over areas south of Salem for two days, producing anywhere from 2.5 to 5 inches of rain over a 48 hour period.
Read the full account →A particularly strong atmospheric river took aim for the south Willamette Valley, sitting over areas south of Salem for two days, producing anywhere from 2.5 to 5 inches of rain over a 48 hour period.
Read the full account →A particularly strong atmospheric river took aim for the south Willamette Valley, sitting over areas south of Salem for two days, producing anywhere from 2.5 to 5 inches of rain over a 48 hour period.
Read the full account →A particularly strong atmospheric river took aim for the south Willamette Valley, sitting over areas south of Salem for two days, producing anywhere from 2.5 to 5 inches of rain over a 48 hour period.
Read the full account →A particularly strong atmospheric river took aim for the south Willamette Valley, sitting over areas south of Salem for two days, producing anywhere from 2.5 to 5 inches of rain over a 48 hour period.
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