River Flood Watches in Oregon
207 river 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 river flood watches reaches back to 2005.
River Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- River Flood Watches
- 207
- Busiest year
- 201244 river flood watches
- Average year
- 12over 17 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.
- Coos County112
- Curry County112
- Douglas County112
- Josephine County22
- Union County14
- Jackson County14
- Wallowa County13
- Grant County8
- Jefferson County8
- Umatilla County8
- Wheeler County8
- Klamath County7
- Morrow County7
- Clackamas County6
- Lake County6
- Wasco County6
- Harney County5
- Marion County4
- Malheur County4
- Benton County3
- Lane County3
- Multnomah County3
- Polk County3
- Lincoln County3
- Yamhill County3
- Crook County2
- Deschutes County2
- Clatsop County2
- Tillamook County2
- Washington County2
The latest river flood watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 9:42 AM PDT | River Flood Watch | PDT | Umatilla | 10 hr |
| Mar 11, 4:19 PM PDT | River Flood Watch | PQR | Clatsop, Lincoln, Tillamook, Washington, Yamhill | 21 hr |
| Mar 11, 4:19 PM PDT | River Flood Watch | PQR | Clatsop, Lincoln, Tillamook, Washington, Yamhill | 9 hr |
| Mar 11, 9:46 AM PDT | River Flood Watch | PQR | Clackamas, Marion | 49 hr |
| Mar 11, 9:46 AM PDT | River Flood Watch | PQR | Clackamas, Multnomah | 23 hr |
| Feb 23, 10:01 AM PST | River Flood Watch | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 36 hr |
| Feb 23, 9:35 AM PST | River Flood Watch | MFR | Coos, Curry, Douglas | 23 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.