Heavy Rain in Multnomah County, Oregon

Heavy Rain December 17, 2015 – December 18, 2015 · Multnomah County, Oregon

$311K

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 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.

The wider storm

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

Began near (pdx)portland Intl A (45.5902, -122.5854).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 612048. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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