Flood — Union, Oregon

2020-05-20 to 2020-05-22 · near Perry, Union, Oregon

Event narrative

Highway 237 near MP19 closed due to high water. Grande Ronde River near Perry flooded, cresting 8.3 feet at 1130 pm on 5/20/20. Flood stage is 6.6 feet.

Wider weather episode

Heavy rain with QPF amounts of 2-4 inches across the Blue Mountains, Blue Mountain Foothills, and John Day Highlands produced areal and river flooding on May 20th and ending on May 21st. Most of the flooding was minor.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 883211. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.