Flood — Lane, Oregon

2014-12-20 to 2014-12-21 · near Mapleton, Lane, Oregon

Event narrative

The Siuslaw River near Mapelton reached the flood stage of 22 feet at 1115 PM PST on December 20th. The river crested at 22.8 feet at 330 AM PST on December 21st, and dropped below flood stage at noon on the 21st.

Wider weather episode

A slow moving front produced heavy rain over Northwest Oregon which resulted in the flooding of eight rivers. Another impact from the rain were a couple of land/rock slides that both blocked two highways.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 546870. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.