Heavy Rain in Multnomah County, Oregon

Heavy Rain December 7, 2015 – December 8, 2015 · Multnomah County, Oregon

$1.1M

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Heavy rain resulted in urban flooding and small stream flooding throughout the Portland Metro area. The rain was heavy enough to collapse a roof of a business in Gresham Oregon, cause a sink hole near Mt Hood College. High water flowing into Fairview Creek in Gresham snapped a sewage line. Several roads were closed due to high water and the Trimet Max operations were interrupted. water crept into businesses and homes. There were at least two land slides in Portland; one on Corbett Hill, and the other on Cornell Road.

The wider storm

A moist pacific front produced heavy rainfall across Northwest Oregon which resulted in river flooding, urban flooding, small stream flooding, land slides, and a few sink holes.

Began near Troutdale Arpt (45.5223, -122.3046).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 611948. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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