Flood in Yakima County, Washington

Flood January 16, 2011 – January 19, 2011 · Yakima County, Washington

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Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

In Yakima County, the flooding was contained to the low areas along the Yakima River including the Selah Golf Course and the Yakima Greenway. The Yakima River at Parker crested at 12.2 feet just after midnight on January 18th, 2.2 feet above flood stage.

The wider storm

A large Pacific weather system became established in mid January that produced copious amounts of rainfall with unseasonably warm conditions in parts of Washington. The heavy rainfall combined with snowmelt caused rapid runoff with 4 rivers and 7 different warning points reaching flood stage. Flood warnings were first issued on the morning of January 15 and the last flood warning ended on January 21st.

Began near Priest Rapids (46.7382, -120.9897).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 273418. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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