Flood — Polk, Oregon

2014-12-21 to 2014-12-22 · near Suver, Polk, Oregon

Event narrative

The Luckiamute river near Suver reached flood stage of 27 feet around 820 AM PST on December 21st. The river crested at 30.46 feet at 3 PM, and dropped below flood stage later that evening.

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 546874. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.