Flash Flood in Gilliam County, Oregon

Flash Flood April 23, 2012 · Gilliam County, Oregon

$50K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Flash flood washed out Armstrong Road and Thirty mile road and moved large amounts of debris including large boulders. A fiber optic communications line was cut which caused phone outage for hundreds of customers. A cow and calf were swept away in the flash flood.

The wider storm

An upper level disturbance moving north on the back side of an upper level ridge combined with a very moist atmosphere to produce local severe thunderstorms and flooding.

Began near Mayville (45.1610, -120.4670).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 368595. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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