Heavy Rain — Multnomah, Oregon

2015-12-08 to 2015-12-09 · near West Portland, Multnomah, Oregon

Event narrative

Heavy rain resulted in urban flooding across the Portland metro area. All Amtrack and freight trains were shut down between Portland and Vancouver due to flooding. A mobile home park in Gresham flooded. There were a couple of land slides on Highway 30 where debris covered the highway. One of these slides was near German Town Road. The other slide was near the St John's Bridge, hit a car (with no injuries) as it happened, and covered all lanes of Highway 30.

Wider weather episode

A moist front produced heavy rain across Northwest Oregon on December 8th through December 9th resulting in river flooding, urban flooding, and sink holes. This rain occurred around 24 hours after another moist front that resulted in flooding across the area.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 611996. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.