Heavy Rain in Multnomah County, Oregon

Heavy Rain December 8, 2015 – December 9, 2015 · Multnomah County, Oregon

$621K

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 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.

The wider storm

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.

Began near West Portland (45.4500, -122.7200).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 611996. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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