Flood in Pacific County, Washington

Flood January 6, 2022 – January 7, 2022 · Pacific County, Washington

$990K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

The gauge on the Willapa River near Willapa rose above flood stage of 21.0 feet at 1620PST, crested at 23.3 feet on the 7th at 0345PST (major flood stage is 24.0 feet), then dropped below flood stage on the 7th at 1750PST. As a result, 33 homes have significant damage (combined river and coastal flooding.) Two people were sheltered. Also landslides preventing road entries into the county including five slides on SR 105.

The wider storm

The second in a series of strong Pacific fronts brought another round of heavy rain and resulting flooding of mainstem rivers draining the coastal mountains and interior of southwest Washington. Coastal flooding also occurred at some coastal communities as a result of high astronomical tides combined with high river levels and high seas.

Began near Lebam (46.5700, -123.5560).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1004287. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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