Flood — Clark, Washington

2017-04-01 to 2017-04-03 · near Vancouver, Clark, Washington

Event narrative

To start off April, the Columbia River gauge at Vancouver was up around 17.22 ft, which is 1.22 ft above flood stage. On April 3rd, the river finally dropped below flood stage.

Wider weather episode

Recent heavy rains from late March combined with snow melt caused the Columbia River at Vancouver to continue to flood until April 3rd.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 696376. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.