Heavy Rain — Multnomah, Oregon

2015-12-17 to 2015-12-18 · near (pdx)portland Intl A, Multnomah, Oregon

$311K

Property damage

Event narrative

Heavy rain resulted in new daily rainfall records for the Portland International Airport and downtown Portland. A new daily rainfall of 1.87 inches at the airport broke the previous record of 1.02 inches from 1972. Downtown Portland measures 2.42 inches of rain on the 17th which broke the previous record of 2.26 inches from 1884. Standing water was reported on many roads in the area. The heavy rain caused a landslide on Highway 30 near the St John Bridge.

Wider weather episode

An atmospheric rain event resulted in river flooding, urban flooding, land slides and sink holes across Northwest Oregon causing catastrophic damage.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 612048. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.