Debris Flow — Southern Willamette Valley, Oregon

2012-01-19 to 2012-01-20 · Southern Willamette Valley, Oregon

Event narrative

Heavy rains produced a landslide damaging one house on Rosewood Drive in Corvallis, Oregon. Benton Sheriff and Corvallis Police urged evacuation of 22 additional houses on Rosewood Drive and Rosewood Place due to unstable saturated ground.

Wider weather episode

Two strong and very moist Pacific weather systems brought widespread heavy rains to the Pacific Northwest. These heavy rains combined with melting snow to produce several landslides in western Oregon.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 358789. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.