Flood Watches in Oregon
167 flood watches since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of flood watches reaches back to 2005.
Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 167
- Busiest year
- 201220 flood watches
- Average year
- 8over 21 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Curry County57
- Coos County46
- Douglas County46
- Josephine County42
- Union County29
- Umatilla County28
- Wallowa County28
- Jackson County22
- Gilliam County21
- Morrow County21
- Wheeler County21
- Grant County20
- Klamath County15
- Jefferson County14
- Wasco County14
- Crook County11
- Deschutes County11
- Baker County8
- Malheur County5
- Lincoln County5
- Marion County5
- Polk County5
- Sherman County4
- Lake County4
- Benton County4
- Clackamas County4
- Clatsop County4
- Columbia County4
- Hood River County4
- Lane County4
- Linn County4
- Multnomah County4
- Tillamook County4
- Washington County4
- Yamhill County4
- Harney County3
The latest flood watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 2:03 PM PDT | Flood Watch | PDT | Gilliam, Morrow, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, Wheeler | 43 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:21 PM PDT | Flood Watch | PQR | Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Hood River, Lincoln, Marion and 5 more | 69 hr |
| Feb 23, 9:33 AM PST | Flood Watch | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine | 36 hr |
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.