Heavy Rain in Wahkiakum County, Washington

Heavy Rain January 4, 2015 – January 5, 2015 · Wahkiakum County, Washington

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What the National Weather Service wrote

The Washington Department of Transportation reported Westbound State Route 4 was closed at mile post 21 due to a rock or mud slide resulting from heavy rain. The rain gauge at nearby KM Mountain measured 2 inches of rain in the 6 hour period leading up to the slide.

The wider storm

A moist frontal system with a tap into subtropical moisture produced heavy rain for Southwest Washington January 4th and 5th. The rain resulted in flooding of the Gray's River near Rosburg and a mud or rock slide that closed part of State Route 4.

Began near Rosburg (46.3300, -123.7558).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 552373. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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