Flood, Northern Oregon Coast
- When
- December 26, 12:00 AM PST to December 31, 11:59 PM PST
- Where
- Northern Oregon Coast forecast zone
Flooding in Oregon, December 26 to 31, 1996
Heavy rains caused 16 rivers in Northwest Oregon to flood during the last week of December and continued into early January. Dozens of homes were flooded on various rivers and numerous highways were rendered impassable.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS PQR wrote it up.
Heavy rains caused 16 rivers in Northwest Oregon to flood during the last week of December and continued into early January. Dozens of homes were flooded on various rivers and numerous highways were rendered impassable.
Event by event
5 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Central Oregon Coast
- When
- December 26, 12:00 AM PST to December 31, 11:59 PM PST
- Where
- Central Oregon Coast forecast zone
Flood, Greater Portland Metro Area
- When
- December 26, 12:00 AM PST to December 31, 11:59 PM PST
- Where
- Greater Portland Metro Area forecast zone
Flood, Central Coast Range of W Oregon
- When
- December 26, 12:00 AM PST to December 31, 11:59 PM PST
- Where
- Central Coast Range of W Oregon forecast zone
Flood, Lower Columbia
- When
- December 26, 12:00 AM PST to December 31, 11:59 PM PST
- Where
- Lower Columbia forecast zone
- Property damage
- $200,000
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in Washington, December 26, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Nevada, December 26 to 27, 1996
- Winter Weather in New York, December 26 to 27, 1996
- Flooding in Washington, December 26 to 31, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Washington, December 26 to 29, 1996
- High Wind in Colorado, December 26 to 27, 1996
- Ice Storm in Oregon, December 26 to 27, 1996
- Ice Storm in Washington, December 26 to 27, 1996
- Winter Storm in California, December 26 to 27, 1996
- Ice Storm in Washington, December 26, 1996
- High Wind in Wyoming, December 26, 1996
- Winter Weather in Vermont, December 26 to 27, 1996
More
Every storm in Oregon in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, December 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5575778, 5575779, 5575780, 5575781, 5575782.