Flood — Lane, Oregon

2019-04-11 to 2019-04-13 · near Jasper, Lane, Oregon

Event narrative

The Middle Fork of the Willamette River near Jasper crested at 10.5 feet around 4 am on April 12th, which is 0.5 foot above flood stage.

Wider weather episode

A particularly strong atmospheric river took aim for the south Willamette Valley, sitting over areas south of Salem for two days, producing anywhere from 2.5 to 5 inches of rain over a 48 hour period. Some areas in the Cascades and Cascade Foothills saw 5 to 7 inches of rain over that 48 hour period. Heavy rain combined with snow melt from all the snow from a few weeks prior in this same area caused flooding along most of our rivers in this area as well as along the main-stem Willamette River up to around Oregon City.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 818936. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.