Flood — Umatilla, Oregon

2019-04-10 to 2019-04-12 · near Pendleton, Umatilla, Oregon

Event narrative

A combination of high flows from rain and snow melt coming out of the Blue Mountains and record releases out of McKay Reservoir produced field and roadside flooding downstream of Pendleton through Echo, Hermiston and Umatilla. A footbridge at Umatilla was damaged by the high flows and erosion.

Wider weather episode

Snow water equivalents near 200% of normal in the Blue Mountains coupled with warm temperatures and near record rainfall totals for April produced significant river flooding across eastern Oregon.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 818059. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.